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JOSEPH ORLANDO b. 22 Nov. 1840: m. Eunice Williams of York. MARY J. H. b. 19 Nov. 1842: m. Josiah Williams 22 May 1864.
CHARLOTTE M. b. 23 Dec. 1844: d. 26 Aug. 1865.
CLARA W. b. 12 June 1847: d. 1I April 1848.
JAMES ALPHEUS b. 14 June 1849: d. I Sept. 1849.
ALBION b. 13 Sept. 1851 : d. 3 Oct. 1851.
The following sketch is condensed from the Braintree Observer of Nov. 1900.
T. Haven Dearing, M.D., a well known and popular physician of Braintree, received his early education in the common schools of Kittery, in different New England academies, and continued it under special tutors and in special college courses. He taught school for some years in Maine and New Hampshire. He began the study of medicine and subsequently studied at the best col- leges of New York, Philadelphia and Boston, and visited the principal hospitals of Europe.
He first settled in Boston, was professor of surgery and der- matology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, for nearly six years was dean of the college, and was assistant surgeon of a Boston regiment. In the late war he was surgeon in one of the largest hospitals of Washington. Was pension examiner, and is examiner for many life insurance companies.
Since May. 1863, Dr. Dearing has been a resident physician of Braintree, and to-day controls a large local practice, with a firmly established reputation as physician and surgeon. He is president of the South Norfolk Medical Society, is a member of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society. the American Medical Association,
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vice-president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and mem- ber of the Harvard Medical Alumni Association.
While a resident of Boston he was placed upon the school board of that city, has since been for many years a member of the
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THOMAS HAVEN DEARING. M.D.
Braintree board and for five years its chairman. In 1889 he was elected Representative to the House. He has always been asso- ciated with the Republican party.
Dr. Dearing is a member of the First Congregational Church. lle is well known in musical circles, is a member of the Union
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Choral Society of Braintree and was its president for three years, and is also identified with the Stoughton Musical Society. He was for many years the chorister of the Congregational Church, he is identified with the Masonic order and with the Knights of
JOHN WENTWORTH DEERING.
Honor, a member of the Boston and Braintree Pine Tree Clubs. and president of the latter organization. He is at the present time vice-president of the Massachusetts society of that name and enjoys a very wide and extended acquaintance.
He has always been a strong advocate of temperance and upon appropriate occasions has delivered lectures on this subject. thus gaining added reputation in the vicinity.
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John Wentworth Deering, son of Roger and Lucinda ( Bos- ton ) Deering, left Kittery when about ten years of age and went to New York City, where he had an active and successful business career. In company with Thomas C. Smith he carried on the business of a cotton merchant under the firm name of John W. Deering and Company. The firm was also interested in shipping,
CHARLES SUMNER DEARING.
and was rated at half a million of dollars. Mr. Deering retired from active business about twenty-five years ago and has traveled extensively in Europe. He now resides in Boston.
Charles Sumner Dearing, brother to the two just mentioned, left Kittery at an early age and was educated in public and pri-
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vate schools of Boston. He learned the trade of a jeweler and watch-maker, and for more than twenty-five years has carried on extensive business in Boston and Everett, Mass. He is a member of the Baptist Church and an active worker in Sunday School and in the Young Men's Christian Association. His residence is now Everett, Mass. He married ( 1) Aug. 1867, Allie Graves, who died without issue Feb. 1869. He married (2), in 1870, Miss Mary Redford, daughter of James and Mary Ann (Gibson) Redford, who were born in England. She was born in Terry- ville, Conn., 24 May 1844. Their children are Wayland Ander- son b. 24 March 1872, d. 17 July 1872; May Annie b. 17 Aug. 1873 : Charles Sumner b. 10 Nov. 1876, m. Charlotte Trowbridge of Newark, N J., 25 Sept. 1901 : Henry Herbert b. 7 April 1878.
DENNET OR DENNETT.
The Dennet family is of Norman origin, and Hugh D'Anet is said to have come into England with William the Conqueror. There are many of the name Dennet in England who can trace their lineage back six centuries or more.
Two brothers, John and Alexander Dennet, came from Eng- land to Portsmouth between 1660 and 1670. John Dennet died 5 May 1709, aged 63, and was buried at the Point of Graves. He was a carpenter. Wife's name was Amy. Children :
I. JOHN b. 15 Dec. 1675; m. Mrs. Mary Shapleigh.
AMY b. 9 April 1679; m. John Adams.
JOSEPH b. 19 July 1681: m. 24 June 1704. Elizabeth Meed: d. about 1714. Ch .. Elizabeth b. 13 Jan. 1705: Hannah b. I Oct. 1707; and Lydia b. 29 Dec. 1709.
2. EPHRAIM b. 2 Aug. 1689: m. Katharine
2. Children of Ephraim and Katharine Dennet.
KATHARINE b. 14 Jan. 1714-5: m. John Shackford 20 Jan. 1731.
JOHN b. 15 Oct. 1716: m. Phebe Bartlett Feb. 1739. 8 ch.
EPHRAIM b. 22 July 1718: m. 24 Feb. 1751 Mrs. Lydia ( Waterhouse) Colby. Had son Jeremiah b. 25 Dec. 1752. m. 21 Jan. 1772 Susannah Peyerly and had ten ch.
ELIZABETH b. 12 June 1721 : m. Nathaniel Bartlett 23 Oct. 1739. MARY b. 23 March 1723.
GEORGE b. I April 1725: died young.
NATHANIEL b. 21 Feb. 1727-8. died young.
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1. John Dennet, Jr., bought land of Isaac Remick in 1698 and settled in Kittery at Great Cove. He was a house-carpenter. He married, 5 Feb. 1701-2, Mary, widow of Alexander Shapleigh and dau. of Christopher and Margaret Adams. He died 18 Nov. 1742. Children :
MARY b. 16 Jan. 1703-4: unm. She was blind. SARAH b. 15 Aug. 1706: m. Joseph Hill. Pub. 17 July 1725.
3. JouN b. 22 Dec. 1708; m. Mary Tetherly.
4. THOMAS b. 15 June 1712: m. Mary Bartlett.
ELEANOR b. 8 March 1714-5: d. 2 March 1735-6.
THIRD GENERATION.
3. John Dennet married Mary, dau. of William and Mercy ( Spinney ) Tetherly. He died 26 Oct. 1797. She was born 25 March 1712 and died in 1777. He was selectman 19 years, Deputy to General Court 1750-1. Children :
JOHN b. 18 Oct. 1731 : d. 20 Jan. 1736-7.
ELEANOR b. 28 April 1734: m. John Orr 2 Dec. 1756.
MERCY b. 11 June 1736: m. Mark Adams, 1759.
JOHN b. 15 March 1737-8: m. Abigail Carter? Lived in North Ber- wick. Sons. Hunking and John.
5. WILLIAM b. I Feb. 1739-40: m. Sarah Paul, (2) Mary Adams. MARY b. 7 March 1741-2: m. 13 May 1768 Joseph Adams.
6. MARK b. 13 Nov. 1744: m. Mary Dennet.
ANNE b. 2 Nov. 1747 : m. ( 1) William Ham, (2) Tobias Walker. ELIZABETH b. 2 Fcb. 1750; m. 1777. Samuel Rice, Jr.
SARAH b. 8 June 1751 : m. 1778. Thomas Chase.
THOMAS b. 22 March 1754. Unm. Went to sea and died abroad. HANNAH b. 13 Aug. 1756; m. 17 Aug. 1775 John Chase ; d. 9 Nov. 1806.
4. Thomas, son of John and Mary ( Adams-Shapleigh) Den- net, married Mary, dau. of Nathan and Shuah ( Heard ) Bartlett. She m. (2) - Lord.
SARAH b. 16 Oct. 1737: 1. 1762. Stephen Tobey. ABIGAIL b. 28 April 1741 : m. William Fernald 28 June 1763.
7. JouN b. 26 Aug. 1743: m. 3 July 1763 Jane Coffin.
MARY b. 7 Nov. 1746; m. 7 July 1767 Mark Dennet.
ELEANOR b. 10 July 1753: m. Mr. Kimball.
FOURTH GENERATION.
5. William, son of John and Mary ( Tetherly ) Dennet, mar- ried (1) 31 Oct. 1765. Sarah, dau. of Jeremiah and Hannah ( Hamilton ) Paul : (2) May 1770. Mary Adams. She was born
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17 May 1752 and die 1 6 March 1843, dau. of John and Mary (Fernald) Adams. William Dennet died 25 Oct. 1803. His children were:
WILLIAM b. 18 Nov. 1766: m. 1792, Sarah Rice. Children by second marriage :
8. JOHN b. 19 April 1772; m. (1) Betsey Dennet, (2) Dorcas Fernald.
9. JOSEPH b. 24 Nov. 1774: m. 10 April 1796 Abigail Spinney.
SARAH b. 9 Oct. 1778: m. John Jenkins : d. 29 Oct. 1834.
THOMAS b. 25 Sept. 1782: m. 4 April 1805 Anne Fernald : d. 7 March 1840.
IO. MARK b. 28 Aug. 1786: m. Alice Wilson, (2) Miriam Pettegrew. BENNING b. 30 Aug. 1790: 1. 24 Dec. 1812 Hannah Perkins.
6. Mark, son of John and Mary ( Tetherly) Dennet, married, 7 July 1767, his cousin Mary, dau. of Thomas and Mary ( Bart- lett) Dennet. He died at sea.
SALLY b. 15 March 1770.
BETSEY b. 25 April 1772 d. 13 March 1807.
MARK b. 4 April 1774: died at sea.
POLLY b. 27 Aug. 1779.
7. John, son of Thomas and Mary ( Bartlett ) Dennet, mar- ried 9 July 1763. Jane, dau. of Dr. Edmund and Shuah ( Bartlett) Coffin. M. (2) 20 April 1797 Phebe Hutchings; (3) 1816 widow Sarah Ferguson. He died 7 May 1819. Children :
MARY b. 2 April 1754.
SHCARI b. 6 Aug. 1766: m. Enoch H. Lewis.
THOMAS b. 11 Arg. 1708: m. Polly Pray, and had a son John b. 4 Aug. 1795. See Hist. of Paris, Me.
JANE m. Benning Parker.
Children by second marriage :
OLIVER b. April 1799: d. 18 Dec. 1851; m. (1) 1820 Sophia Paul. (2) 3 Nov. 1822. Lydia S. Neal.
PHEBE b. May 1801: d. 18 Sept. 1862. Unm. Joux, died in South America, leaving two children.
FIFTH GENERATION.
8. John, son of William and Mary ( Adams ) Dennet, mar- ried. 10 Dec. 1795. Betsey Dennet : ( 2) 19 Nov. 1807 Dorcas Fer- nald. Ile died 25 June 1837. Children were by first marriage.
MARY .A. b. 7 Oct. 1705: m. Joseph Frost. BETSEY m. John Frisbee.
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9. Joseph, son of William and Mary (Adams) Dennet, mar- ried, 10 April 1796. Abigail Spinney. He died 10 Jan. 1808. Children :
JOSEPH b. 7 July 1796; d. 30 June 1839.
WILLIAM b. 7 July 1798: d. 16 March 1812.
SARAH b. 25 July 1802: d. 15 Oct. 1818.
10. Mark, son of William and Mary ( Adams) Dennet, mar- ried (1) 22 Dec. 1808, Alice, dau. of Edward Wilson; she was born 22 Sept. 1785 and died 4 Feb. 1819. ' He married (2) 4 May 1820, Miriam Pettegrew. She was born 12 Dec. 1802 and died 10 Aug. 1881. He died 30 April 1883. See biographical sketch, page 257.
AUGUSTUS b. 17 Oct. 1809: d. 30 Dec. 1811.
ALEXANDER b. 10 NOV. 1811 : m. Mary Remick. She died 18 July 1878. BETSEY b. 19 Sept. 1817: d. 18 Nov. 1841.
Sox b. and d. 3 Feb. 1819.
Children by second marriage :
ALICE b. 24 May 1821. SYLVESTER b. 26 Nov. 1822: d. 30 Aug. 1847.
SARAH b. 29 April 1824. d. 21 Feb. 1844. CHARLES W. b. 15 Feb. 1826: d. 6 April 1847. JULIA ANN b. 21 Jan. 1828. MARY b. 2 Jan. 1830: m. Burlinton Paul : d. 22 March 1863. MARK JACKSON b. 22 April 1834: d. 15 July 1856.
JOHN b. 31 July 1836: d. 12 May 1838. OREN b. 9 Jan. 1839: d. 14 Aug. 1859. EMILY b. 22 June 1841 : d. 13 Feb. 1857. LOUISA b. 15 Jan. 1844: d. 17 June 1847.
DENNETT.
Alexander Dennett, brother of John the emigrant, was born about 1639 and died in Newcastle, N. H., in 1698.
llis son Alexander was born about 1670. He settled in what is now Eliot in 1681. Had a grant in 1694. Married Mehitable, dau. of Gabriel Tetherly. Died in 1733 in Ports- mouth, leaving children, Moses, Samuel, Ebenezer, Mehitable Stewart (?) Elizabeth Sanborn. Sarah, who married Joshua Weymouth, and Susanna, who m. Joshua Downing of Newington 17 Nov. 1724.
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Ebenezer Dennett, son of Alexander, Jr., born about 1692, married, 10 June 1714. Abigail, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth ( Williams) Hill. He died about 1758. His children were :
SAMUEL D. 19 March 1714-5: m. 14 Oct. 1742, Sarah Frost. Settled in Biddeford or Saco and has many descendants.
ELIZABETH b. 22 Oct. 1718: m. Jabez Jenkins about 1740.
EBENEZER b. 22 Oct. 1721 : m. 19 July 1748 Mary Hanscom ; d. in North Berwick 13 March 1808.
MEIIITABLE b. 23 May 1724; m. 9 Jan. 1752 Joseph Pilsbury.
SUSANNA b. 29 May 1727.
ABIGAIL b. 29 May 1727: m. 21 Dec. 1749 Nathaniel Clark.
JOHN b. 20 May 1730: m. 26 June 1754 Dorothy Furbish : d. at Lyman, Me .. 5 Dec. 1812. He had children Joseph b. 30 May 1755. Moses, Eben- ezer, Paul. James. Hannah, Abigail. and Annie.
DIAMOND.
John Diamond and wife Grace were living in Kittery in 1651. He was constable in 1659 and clerk of the writs in 1662. He lived on Crooked Lane and was a shipbuilder. John Diamond. Jr., was made administrator of his estate 9 July 1667. Children :
Joux. sold land to brother William in 1667. Mentioned in 1685. Probably married a dau. of Francis Raynes of York. Ch .. Thomas and John, who were of Boston in 1708. and Mary. who m. John Spinney. A John Diamond m. Mary Wilson in Boston 22 Aug. 1709.
ANDREW, taverner and magistrate at the Isles of Shoals. born 1640; lived in Ipswich. Mass .. where he m. 1705. Mrs. Elizabeth Eliott ; d. s. p. 1707. Widow m. Theophilus Parsons, 5 April . 1707-8.
WILLIAM m. Joan - -: d. about 1667. Widow m. ( 1) Edward Car- ter. (2) James Blagdon. Joan Carter in a deed dated 1691 names children John. Grace. and Margaret Diamond. John may have been put to death with torture by Indians in Wells in 1692, or it may have been his uncle John. Grace m. Richard Tucker. Margaret m. Sylvanus Tripe.
THOMAS m. (1) Mary, widow of James Weymouth. Senior. (2) Jane Gains of Ipswich. Mass. Pub. 19 April 1707. His will. recorded in New llampshire, is dated 14 July 1707. It names wife Jane, brother John deceased. who had sons Thomas and John, sister Grace Lewis, cousin Mary Spinney, daughter of my brother John Diamond, cousin Margaret Tripe daughter of my brother William Diamond, Diamond and Wey- mouth Currier. sons of my son-in-law Richard Currier. (Richard Cur- rier m. Elizabeth Weymouth, dau. of Thomas Diamond. first wife. Dia- mond Currier d. int. about 1731. )
GRACE m. Peter Lewis.
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DIXON.
William Dixon was living in York in 1648 with wife Joan. "Ould William Dixon" is mentioned in 1660. His will was pro- bated in 1666. He had son James, daughter who married John Brawn of York, daughter Susanna who married - Frost, Dorothy Dixon, cousin to James, married William Moore.
No connection has been traced between these and Peter Dixon, who had a grant of thirty acres in Kittery 26 March 1679. He married Mary, dau. of Christian Remick. Will, dated 1708, was probated 15 May 1718. He built his house at a point just below Boiling Rock, which has ever since been called Dixon's Point. The house of the late F. N. Dixon marks the spot. He was a shipwright. Children :
MARY b. 23 Sept. 1679: m. John Staples.
HANNAH b. 3 Feb. 1684; m. Jorn Morrell 16 Dec. 1701.
ANNE b. 17 July 1689: m. Thomas Jenkins 14 Sept. 1708; d. May 1749. I. PETER b. 29 Feb. 1692: m. Abigail Flanders.
SECOND GENERATION.
1. Peter Dixon married, 28 Sept. 1712, Abigail Flanders. His will, dated 18 Feb. 1779, names wife Elizabeth. Children :
ABIGAIL b. 30 June 1713; m. Roland Young of York 4 Nov. 1735. MARY b. 13 March 1714; m. - Remick.
2. PETER b. 6 Dec. 1717 ; m. Hannah Fernald.
3. THOMAS b. 13 Jan. 1719-20; m. Hannah Fernald.
4. STEPHEN b. 19 Nov. 1721 ; m. Molly Linscot.
SARAH b. 2 Sept. 1723; m. John Young of York; d. before 1757. JANE b. 9 Dec. 1729: m. David Brawn of York about 1754. BENJAMIN, named in father's will.
THIRD GENERATION.
2. Peter Dixon married Hannah, widow of William Fernald and dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Wallis) Seavey of Rye, N. H. Her dau. by first marriage, Hannah Fernald, married Thomas, brother of this Peter Dixon, and (2) John Gowell. Children of Peter Dixon :
5. PETER b. 14 Dec. 1738; m. Betsey Feathergill.
BENJAMIN b. 18 July 1740; living in 1762. Settled in Sanford ? ICHABOD. perhaps : m. Lydia Dennett. Settled in Berwick.
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3. Thomas Dixon married, 17 June 1741, Hannah, dat. of William and Hannah ( Seavey) Fernald. He died about 1744. She married (2) John Gowell. Children :
WILLIAM b. 3 Jan. 1742-3: d. 20 May 1778 in Revolutionary service. Probably left a family.
6. THOMAS b. 19 Dec. 1744. after the death of his father: m. Susanna Remick.
4. Stephen Dixon married, 19 Oct. 1747. Molly Linscot of York. Children :
7. SAMUEL b. 27 Sept. 1748: m. Margaret Remick.
Lucy b. 19 Feb. 1749-50; m. Stephen Pettegrew 20 Dec. 1768. MARY b. 7 March 1752: m. James Paul.
8. STEPHEN m. Susanna Tetherly.
9. ABRAHAM m. Anna Tetherly.
THOMAS.
FOURTH GENERATION.
5. Peter Dixon married Betsey Feathergill. He died 2 April 1816. Children :
IO. PETER b. 1772: m. Mrs. Elizabeth (Remick) Floyd.
II. JOSEPH : m. Elizabeth Libby.
SARAH m. 25 Aug. 1793. Joseph Cotton of Portsmouth, N. H.
ABIGAIL In. 28 April 1808, Samuel Wilson, native of Norway.
6. Thomas Dixon married, 19 Oct. 1768, Susanna, dau. of Joshua and Dorcas ( Hill) Remick. Children :
THOMAS bapt. 22 Jan. 1770: m. May 1787, Sarah Remick; d. 14 Feb. 1820. She d. 24 Nov. 1846. aged 87. Ch., Lucy b. April 1788: m. Peter Bonin. d. 9 Dec. 1859: Esther b. 1792, d. 20 Nov. 1827; Hiram, drowned when a young man.
12. Joux bapt. HI Aug. 1772: m. Betsey Willey.
SUSANNAH bapt. 13 June 1774.
BETTY bapt. 15 Sept. 1775.
SHADRACH bapt. 9 July 1778, b. 20 April: m. Elizabeth Hall 8 Sept. 1805. See Hist. of Monmouth, Me. POLLY bapt. 26 June 1785.
NANCY b. 1789: m. Jeremiah Remick 1I May 1808. (2) William Hans- com 8 June 1820: d. 19 Oct. 1881.
7. Samuel Dixon married Margaret, dau. of Joshua and Dorcas ( Hill) Remick. He died in 1796. Children :
SARAH bapt. 18 Oct. 1786; m. Ebenezer Frye 17 June 1802.
13. SAMUEL bapt. 18 Oct. 1786; m. Sally Staples.
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MARY bapt. 18 Oct. 1786; m. - Ayers.
STEPHEN bapt. 18 Oct. 1786; unm.
NATHANIEL bapt. 9 May 1788; died at sea.
8. Stephen Dixon married Susanna Tetherly, 1789. She died 19 Oct. 1840, aged 72. Children :
14. STEPHEN b. 15 Oct. 1793; m. Abigail Staples. MARY F. b. 7 Oct. 1794; m. 3 May 1829, Richard F. Dunn, a gunner in the Navy; d. 17 March 1872. He d. 1 Feb. 1863. Had ch. SUSAN b. 1809: m. Joseph Fox of Kittery; d. 17 March 1872. SARAH m. Edward Rand of Newcastle, N. H.
DAUGHTER MM. Blackburn of Kittery.
9. Abraham Dixon married, I March 1784, Anna Tetherly. She died 6 Oct. 1834, aged 74. Children :
NANCY B. died 2 Jan. 1839. 15. NICHOLAS R. b. March 1787; m. Sarah Sowersby.
16. WILLIAM b. 1798: m. Martha M. Dixon. MARIA m. Samuel Edgerly of Boston.
FIFTHI GENERATION.
12. John Dixon married, 25 Sept. 1796, Betsey Willey of Newington, N. H. She died 9 Dec. 1842, aged 68. Children .
STEPHEN.
IRA b. 1798. Lived in Portsmouth. Pub. to Betsey P. Tetherly 18 Nov. 1822.
17. THOMAS b. 1797 : m. Martha M. Hatch. ISAIAH lived in Boston.
SHADRACH lived in Boston : m. 12 Jan. 1843. Hannah, dau. of Stephen and Abigail (Garland) Hanscom. Ch .. George and Laban. BETSEY b. March 1807; m. Quimby, (2) 9 March 1845 John Lydston: d. 11 Feb. 1877. SARAH b. 5 Jan. 1818: m. Kimball. (2) 23 Dec. 1846 Charles C. Goodwin ; d. 8 July 1893.
13. Samuel Dixon married, 16 June 1805. Sally Staples. She died 16 May 1862. He died 18 July 1848. Children :
18. JAMES S. b. 29 Jan. 1807; m. Mary Tobey.
MARY H. b. 3 Feb. 1809: m. 12 Nov. 1829 Samuel Tobey ; d. 1891. NATHANIEL b. HI Dec. 1811 ; killed by lightning 5 July 1835. ELIZA JANE m. James Alfred Brooks, (2) Oliver P. Leighton. OLIVE S. b. 1813: m. Martin P. Paul : d. 18 July 1896.
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SAMUEL b. 15 Feb. 1816; d. 31 Dec. 1834.
19. OLIVER b. 22 Sept. 1818: m. 1848, Frances Lord.
20. EDMOND A. b. 10 Feb. 1821 ; m. Ann P. Paul.
10. Peter Dixon married, 23 June 1795, Mrs. Elizabeth ( Remick) Floyd. He died 14 Aug. 1850. She died 4 Aug. 1854, aged 91. Children :
ALICE b. 17 May 1797: m. 8 June 1815 Benjamin Brown of Wakefield, N. H .; d. 31 Jan. 1884. 8 ch.
MARTHA M. b. 1801 ; m. William Dixon, (2) 31 Oct. 1847, John Lewis . of Portsmouth.
21. ABRAM C. b. 1804; m. Statira H. Spinney.
22. WILLIAM R. b. 1808; m. Mary E. Cole.
II. Joseph Dixon married, 20 Sept. 1798, Elizabeth, dau. of Azariah and Betsey ( Paul) Libby. He died at sea in 1847. She (lied 5 Nov. 1849, aged 75. Children :
HENRY T. m. 20 March 1823, Fanny Spinney; 15 Nov. 1833. One child, John H., lived in North Reading, Mass.
JOHN, died in infancy.
23. JOSEPH b. 7 March 1801; m. Olive Rogers.
MARY H. b. 1807 : m. 1824. Samuel H. Staples; d. 15 Sept. 1891.
LUCINDA L. b. Jan. 1810; m. Jacob R. Spinney ; d. 10 Oct. 1891.
NATHANIEL L. b. 1813; m. Nancy J., widow of Stephen Hobbs of Ber- wick ; d. 25 Aug. 1885. She d. 24 Oct. 1881, aged 72. Ch., Mary S. b. July 1835, d. 30 Aug. 1865; m. 8 Jan. 1851, Wm. W. Dixon; Ellen M. b. Sept. 1837, d. 23 May 1855.
ELIZABETH P. b. July 1816; m. 16 March 1848, Joseph Spinney, Jr. ; d. II Dec. 1848.
14. Stephen Dixon married, 3 July 1818, Abigail Staples. He died 19 Aug. 1842. She died 25 Dec. 1851, aged 52. Children :
MARY E. b. 14 Feb. 1820: m. Thomas J. Cottle; d. 22 April 1898; 6 ch. 24. DANIEL S. b. 14 Sept. 1822: in Lydia N. Tetherly.
ABIGAIL b. 18 March and d. 23 March 1823.
HARRIET b. 29 Aug. 1824; m. 9 Nov. 1845 John H. Staples; d. 28 June 1859. 6 ch.
ELIZA JANE. b. 24 April 1826; m. John Knox of Portsmouth : d. 25 Oct. 1874
SUSAN A. b. 9 Dec. 1827; m. Charles Gotham of Kittery. 2 ch.
25. STEPHEN A. b. 24 April 1829; m. Mary Ellen Hanscom.
LOUISA S. b. 13 Feb. 1832; d. 27 June 1838.
ANDREW J. b. 18 Oct. 1833: m. 8 Dec. 1858 Mary J. Dixon ; d. 8 Feb. 1876.
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LUCY M. b. 24 May 1835; m. 4 Nov. 1860, John H. Staples ; d. 28 March 1899.
RICHARD F. b. 28 April 1837; m. 22 Jan. 1860 Sarah A. Dixon. Ch., Nellie b. May 1862, d. 6 Feb. 1870; Edwin; Nettie.
ALVIN b. 19 April 1840: m. 28 Nov. 1866 Mary Ann Libby, who d. in 1892. He lives in Farmington, N. H. 3 ch.
15. Nicholas R. Dixon married Sarah Sowersby of Ports- mouth. He died 20 Aug. 1873. She died 5 Oct. 1875, aged 88. Children :
CHARLES W. b. 14 Feb. 1827 : d. 23 July 1827.
SARAH S. b. 18 Sept. 1829; m. 27 Oct. 1850 Sylvester Staples ; d. 28 Aug. 1889. 8 ch.
LUCY ANN b. 17 Jan. 1834; m. Samuel Edgerly, his second wife.
ALEXANDER b. 21 Jan. 1842. Adopted 25 Feb. 1843: m. 6 Feb. 1862 Ellen E. Staples.
16. William Dixon married Martha M., dau. of Peter and Betsey ( Floyd) Dixon. He died 20 May 1843. Children :
SARAH A. b. 1820: d. II Nov. 1830.
CHARLES W. b. July 1822; m. 28 March 1844 Sarah C. Spinney. (2) 1857. Mary J. Staples; died 12 Jan. 1870. Ch., Henry, Flora, Lizzie, Almena, Albert R. who m. Eva C. Staples 26 Dec. 1881.
MARTHA J. b. Aug. 1824; m. 15 Oct. 1844 Charles H. Brown of Ports- mouth ; d. 1 March 1869.
GEORGE M. b. -: m. 10 June 1849, Marcia Spinney. Moved to Farmington, N. H. Ch., Willie, Emma, George.
CAROLINE : unm.
AUGUSTUS F., lived in Portsmouth.
ANN SARAH In. Edwin Milton.
SIXTH GENERATION.
17. 3 Thomas Dixon married Martha M. Hatch of Wells.
Published 23 April 1820. He died 31 March 1854. Children :
SAMUEL m. Lucy Newson. Lives in Stratham, N. H. 4 ch.
AI.ZIRA m. Jairus Jenkins 28 Nov. 1844.
JOHN A. m. Mary J. Carter. 2 ch. Lived in Medford, Mass. MARY E. m. William Neal.
26. WILLIAM W. b. Aug. 1832: m. 8 Jan. 1851, Mary S. Dixon.
CHARLES S. m. Czarina Goodrich. Lived in Charlestown, Mass. 3 ch. SARAH C. b. 1840; d. 5 Jan. 1857. NELLIE, died young.
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18. James Dixon married Mary, dau. of Samuel and Lucy (Paul) Tobey, II June 1829. He died 12 Dec. 1836. She died 9 Jan. 1864, aged 54 years 8 months. Children :
JAMES E. b. 1830; m. 1854. Helen Dixon of Portsmouth; d. s. p. 6 April 1854.
27. CHARLES E. b. 4 Oct. 1831 ; m. Hannah Simpson.
SARAII ALICE b. 1834: d. 16 Jan. 1854. Unm.
ALEXANDER b. 1836: d. 1894: m. and had one ch., Lyman, b. 1862.
19. Oliver Dixon married, 1848, Frances Lord of South Ber- wick. He died 19 Feb. 1891. She died 29 Jan. 1860, aged 30. M. (2) Lucy Wiggin of Dover, N. H., who d. 15 June 1870; m. (3) 1871, Mrs. Elizabeth Foye of Portsmouth, N. H. Children :
ALBERT D. b. 18 Dec. 1849; m. 2 Sept. 1876 Mary Tucker; d. 27 Nov. 1893. Ch .. Emma F., b. 10 Oct. 1877. m. 24 Dec. 1896 Edwin F. Staples; Oliver H. b. 15 Oct. 1880; Alice S. b. 9 Dec. 1885
WILLARD I. b. 27 July 1851.
HELEN F. b. 4 Sept. 1857: m. 18 March 1881. James E. Todd of Ports- mouth ; d. 20 Jan. 1890.
MELVIN C. b. 19 April 1853: m. 22 Feb. 1882, Grace E. Foye. Ch., Liz- zie. Roy. Howard. Lillian M., Major. Grace and Ralph.
Children by third marriage :
SARAH A. b. 14 June 1873: m. Charles E. Frost 20 March 1892.
JESSIE L. m. Clarence E. Plaisted, 22 Dec. 1894.
20. Edmund A. Dixon married, 2 March 1845, Ann P. Paul. He was Capt. of Co. G 27th Regt. Me. Vol. Inf. in the Civil War. Died 13 Jan. 1888. Wife died 26 Oct. 1876, aged 53 Children : ANNETTE.
JOSEPHINE.
CLARA b. 1849: m. Edwin C. Hanscom : d. 18 July 1877.
21. Abram C. Dixon married, 29 Nov. 1825, Statira W. Spinney. He died 25 Jan. 1859. She died 22 Aug. 1868, aged 66. Children :
PETER F. LYSANDER. EDWIN F. D. 1828: d. Dec. 1853.
FHIRAM L. SARAH E.
FRANCIS N. b. 21 Feb. 1838: d. 6 Sept. 1894: m. 14 May 1861 Lydia N. Sanborn. Ch .. Arvilla L. m. 26 Dec. 1894 Hannibal H. Cole; Alveda L. b. 1864. d. 24 Feb. 1875: Bernice.
ESTELLA m. Alfred Proctor of Danvers, Mass.
EVELYN S. b. 1845 : d. 13 Aug. 1854.
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22. William R. Dixon married, 26 Nov. 1829, Mary E., dau. of Ichabod and Anna ( Brooks-Varney) Cole. He died 26 Feb. 1860. She died 12 July 1859, aged 47. Children :
HENRIETTA 11. John Wentworth of Greenland, N. H.
ADELINE b. 5 March 1832: m. 25 Oct. 1855 Albert J. Knight ; d. 4 July 1900. 6 ch.
WILLIAM F. b. 1834: d. 9 Dec. 1854.
MARY J. m. 8 Dec. 1858 Andrew J. Dixon.
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