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*Leonard Weeks. aged 40, deposed, 26 (4) 1672, that he knew in England three reputed daughters of Thomas Turpin, viz., Elizabeth, Jane and Anne, who are now come to this country and are married to James Leach. Philip Adams and Richard Endall. Court Records of New Hampshire. Thomas Turpin was drowned 30 Oct. 1649 .- YorkDeeds. I. 62. He left widow Agnes in Portsmouth.
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ffurson was plaintiff against Richard Commins in an action "For witholding her thirds of a plantation." Non suited.
John Forguson, born 1655, had a grant near Great Falls in 1678. He was probably father of the Mary Ferguson who was captured by Indians at Salmon Falls, 22 June 1690. She m. 16 July 1693. James Treworgy, q. v.
Daniel Ferguson was living in what is now upper Eliot in 1659. He died in 1676. Gilbert Ferguson, perhaps his brother, born 1646 as per dep., attended Daniel in his last sickness and was paid three pounds therefor. Daniel left widow Mary, living in 1708. Children :
MEHITABLE b. 1670.
I. ALEXANDER b. 1672: m. Elizabeth Gowen.
SARAH b. 1676: m. 19 Dec. 1695 James Ross of Casco Bay.
JAMES b. 1676: m. Elizabeth, dau. of Benoni Hodsdon. Both slain by Indians, 28 Sept. 1707, leaving son James who m. 1729, Patience Downing.
ABIGAIL, ransomed with sister Sarah from Quebec by Matthew Cary. Oct. 1695.
SECOND GENERATION.
I. Alexander Ferguson married, II Feb. 1694, Elizabeth, dat. of William and Elizabeth ( Frost) Gowen. He died II Sept. 1731. Wife survived him. Children :
DANIEL b. 18 Nov. 1695: d. in 1752. leaving ch .. Alexander and Eliza- beth. who m. Benjamin Goold, Jr., in 1744.
ELIZABETH b. 3 Feb. 1699; m. John Gowen, Jr., 1 Feb. 1719-20. ALEXANDER b. 30 June 1701 : d. before 1753.
2. ELIEZER b. 29 Nov. 1703: m. Anna Emery.
MARY b. 18 March 1705: m. Nicholas Hartford 29 Jan. 1731.
SARAII b. 17 May 1707: m. Thomas Staples 21 Nov. 1738.
JOHN b. 8 Aug' 1710: m. Hannah Chase of Edgarstown. Pub. 2 Nov. 1,45.
THIRD GENERATION.
2. Eliezer Ferguson married Anna, dau. of Daniel and Mar- garet (Gowen ) Emery. He may have had a previous wife Mehitable. He was living in Eliot in 1760. Children :
ELEAZAR b. 15 Dec. 1734. Soldier in 1761.
MEHITABLE b. 24 Jan. 1736.
ANNA b. 5 Jan. 1738.
ABIGAIL b. 3 Feb. 1740: m. Samuel Emery 29 Jan. 1785.
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SUSANNAII b. 19 Feb. 1742.
PHINEAS b. 31 March 1745; m. Molly Mitchell in Portsmouth 10 Dec. 1772.
EUNICE b. 19 July 1747; m. Samuel Emery 23 Dec. 1781.
WILLIAM b. 21 July 1749.
DANIEL b. 14 Dec. 1751.
MARGARET b. 5 June 1755.
James, son of James and Elizabeth ( Hodson) Ferguson, mar- ried, 1727, Patience, dau. of Joshua and Sarah (Hatch) Down- ing. Lived on the old homestead in Eliot. Widow Patience administered his estate in 1766. She died in 1789. Children :
JAMES m. Elizabeth Stanley 24 April 1749; prob. d. s. p.
3. DANIEL m. Abigail Frost : d. about 1783.
ROBERT.
ELIZABETH m. John Hill 7 Oct. 1756. MARTHE ROSES
DENNIS m. Elizabeth Weymouth 3 Feb. 1773. Will, 1803. Ch., Den- nis. Jonathan. Timothy. Dorcas, Hannah, b. 16 July 1792. m. 23 Jan. 1815 James Goodwin : and Betty, who m. Nicholas Shapleigh 14 Nov. 1801.
STEPHEN m. Shuah Bartlett 28 March 1782. Ch., Shuah m. Richard Shapleigh 5 Aug. 1819. Nathan m. Anne Goodwin 29 June 1817 and had ch. Albert. Lizzie and Sarah. Widow Shuah Ferguson m. John Dennett 23 July 1816.
WILLIAM m. Miriam Raitt 27 Nov. 1781. She m. (2) Benjamin Ger- rish, 23 Dec. 1788.
SARAHI b. 16 March 1739; m. Joseph Furbish 28 Sept. 1775.
REUBEN m. Mary Raitt 18 Feb. 1779: d. about 1805. Ch .. Alexander, Polly Goodwin, and others.
FOURTH GENERATION.
3. Daniel Ferguson married Abigail, dau. of Charles and Sarah (Pepperrell ) Frost. Widow Abigail was made adm'x of his estate 20 Dec. 1783. Children :
SARAH b. 13 May 1765: m. Nathaniel Frost 13 March 1785.
BETTY b. 12 Dec. 1767 : perhaps m. Robert Fernald 13 Nov. 1791.
DANIEL b. 15 Feb. 1768.
JAMES b. 22 March 1772.
WILLIAM b. 3 Aug. 1774.
CHARLES b. 20 Jan. 1777.
JOSHUA b. 18 June 1779: m. Sally Ferguson 10 Nov. 1803. NATHANIEL b. 18 March 1782.
William Ferguson died in April 1801 and left widow Mary and children Alice m. James Hill 8 March 1798: Jane m. Moses Chick of Sanford: William; Polly; Stephen; Sarah: Statira; Keziah : and Elizabeth.
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Timothy Ferguson married Sarah Paul 25 May 1775. He was adjudged non compos mentis 5 Nov. 1794. Children :
TIMOTHY b. 12 March 1776; m. Elizabeth Demeritt in Portsmouth 3 Feb. 1803.
SALLY b. 13 Nov. 1778; m. Samue! Frost 11 Oct. 1806?
WILLIAM b. I Dec. 1781.
NAHUM b. 19 June 1783.
M1. 26 Nov. 1808 Jonathan Ferguson and Miriam Ferguson.
M1. 14 June 1810 Dorcas Ferguson and Thomas Worster.
FERNALD.1
Renald (also called Reginald) Fernald came to Portsmouth in 1631 as the surgeon of Capt. John Mason's Company. It is a tradition that he was a surgeon in the English Navy, resigning his post to come to America. He was Clerk of Court, Recorder of Deeds, Commissioner, and Surveyor, and was Town Clerk at the time of his death. He lived on "Doctor's." now Peirces Island, where he died between 17 May and 7 Oct., 1656, and is said to have been buried at Point of Graves cemetery in Ports- mouth. His wife's name was Joanna, who died in 1660. Children :
I. THOMAS b. about 1633 : m. Temperance -: d. before 25 Aug. 1697. ELIZABETH b. about 1634 : unmarried.
MARY b. about 1637: m. John Partridge 11 Dec. 1660; d. 16 Aug. 1722. 8 ch.
SARAI1 b. about 1640: m. Allen Lyde 3 Dec. 1661. (2) Richard Water-
2. Joux b. about 1642. m. Mary Spinney.
3. SAMUEL b. about 1644: m. Hannah Spinney.
4. WILLIAM b. 5 March 1646; m. Elizabeth Langdon 16 Nov. 1671.
SECOND GENERATION.
1. Thomas Fernald made a deposition 18 April 1679, giving his age as "46 about." In 1645 Puddington's Islands were leased to him by the agent of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, and in 1671. he deeded one of them to his brother William, "for the fulfilling of the last Will of our Dere father, Renald Firnild."
Prepared by Prof. H. T. Fernald of Amherst. Mass. Mr. Henry W. Fernald of Roxbury. Mass .. has also been consulted.
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Thomas Fernald married Temperance --. He was a shipbuilder. His inventory was returned 25 Aug. 1697. The larger of his two islands, afterwards known as Seavey's Island, was divided by his widow 20 Nov. 1702, among the surviving children. Children :
JOHN b. about 1659: unmarried : d. between 1698 and 1702.
ANN b. about 1661 : unmarried : living in 1711.
PATIENCE b. about 1664: m. Ebenezer Evans. (2) Robert Atkins 9 Nov. I686.
THOMAS b. about 1668: m. Elizabeth. dau. of John Hunking : d. before 1699.
MARY b. about 1671 : m. Samuel Pray before I Sept. 1697.
5. SAMUEL b. about 1673: m. Susanna Paul. (2) Elizabeth Seaward ?
JOANNA b. about 1676: m. Charles Kelley 25 May 1698.
SARAH b. about 1678: m. William Henderson 16 July 1700. 2 children.
6. HERCULES b. about 1680: m. Sarah Hinckes.
ELIZABETH m. Capt. Stephen Eastwick. She d. 26 April 1714. aged 31 years, 2 months and 20 days, as her tomb stone declares.
2. John Fernald married Mary. dau. of Thomas and Margery Spinney. He was a cordwainer and had a grant of land in 1671. He died 19 April 1687. Children :
7. JOHN b. about 1672: m. Sarah
8. JAMES b. about 1675 : m. Mary
9. THOMAS b. about 1678: m. Mary Thompson : living in 1735.
LYDIA b. 1681 : m. Harmon. (2) Benjamin Miller.
MARGERY b. 16 April 1686: m. John Marshall.
AMos b. 16 April 1686; m. Mary Woodman 4 Nov. 1714. or Elizabeth Chadbourne. or perhaps both.
3. Samuel Fernald married Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Margery Spinney. He was a shipwright. He lied 1 Dec. 1698. Children :
SAMUEL b 9 March 1676: died young.
SARAH b. 17 June 1678?
IO. NATHANIEL b. 28 May 1671 ?: m. Ann Allen. HANNAH b. 16 Oct. 1684? MARTIIA b. 18 Feb. 1692?
4. William Fernald married 16 Nov. 1671. Elizabeth. dau. of Tobias and Elizabeth ( Sherburne ) Langdon of Portsmouth. He bought "Lay Claim" Island ( purchased by the United States for a Navy Yard in 1800) of his brother Thomas in 1671. Here he
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lived for a number of years and is said to have built a vessel of 148 tons for Isaac Boyd. He was a selectman in 1674 and 1692- 1696. He was commissioned lieutenant of militia by Sir Edwin Andros 10 Feb. 1686 and is called "Captain" in town records, 1695. During his last years he lived on his farm near Spruce Creek where he died 5 July 1728. His widow died 11 May 1740. Children :
ELIZABETH b. 17 Aug. 1674; m. Clement Deering 25 Sept. 1701 ; d. 2 June 1745.
WILLIAM b. 31 Oct. 1676: d. 6 Dec. 1683.
TOBIAS b. 26 Dec. 1678; m. Mary Deering 12 June 1701 ; d. 18 Aug. 1701. I ch. Elizabeth b. 19 March 1702: m. John Moore 10 Jan. 1721-2.
MARGARET b. 27 March 1681: m. Solomon, son of John and Sarah (Hart ) Cotton of Portsmouth, 14 May 1702: d. 12 Jan. 1719 or 1720. 6 children.
TEMPERANCE b. 17 Sept. 1683 : m. John Deering 12 Dec. 1705. (2) Eben- ezer Moore : d. 19 May 1761. 6 children.
II. WILLIAM b. HE May 1686; m. Elizabeth Cotton
JOSEPHI b. 21 Dec. 1688; not named in father's will. 1724.
SARAH b. 24 April 1601: m. Jonathan Dam 26 Oct. 1711; d. 5 Nov. 1748.
LYDIA b. 19 April 1693: m. John Clark 27 May 1725 : d. 17 April 1743. Children. Mary bapt. 8 Sept. 1728. Elizabeth bapt. 12 Nov. 1728, and Edward who m. Dorothy Mendum 30 April 1755.
12. BENJAMIN b. 11 July 1695 : m. Catherine --
: d. 8? April 1743.
13. NATHANIEL b. 12 June 1697: m. Margaret Tripe.
14. EBENEZER b. 7 Oct. 1699: m. Patience Mendum.
15. TOBIAS b. 3 Dec. 1702: m. Mary Mendum. Called "Captain."
THIRD GENERATION.
5. Samuel Fernald married Susanna, dau. of Stephen and Katherine ( Maverick ) Paul, 12 Oct. 1699. (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Seaward? pub. 27 Aug. 1743. He was a blacksmith. He died between o Dec. 1745 and 20 Feb. 1746. Children :
TEMPERANCE b. 25 Oct. 1702.
SAMUEL b. : m. Joanna Furbish 20 Feb. 1731-2: living 1764.
SUSANNA h. -: m. William Lawry or Lary 12 Nov. 1727. HANNAH b. : unmarried.
16. ? THOMAS b. : m. Hannah Whitney 16 Nov. 1733
17. 11ERCULES b. 8 Sept. 1713: m. Mary Tucker, pub. 18 March 1735-6. ELIZABETHI b.
ANY b. - : m. Moses Fowler of Durham, pub. 29 April 1743.
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6. Hercules Fernald married Sarah, dau. of Hon. John and Elizabeth ( Fryer) Hinckes of Newcastle. He was a shipwright. He died before 1731. and his widow was living in 1746. Children :
18. JOHN b. 25 Aug. 1718: m. Margaret Fernald 7 Sept. 1739: d. 1790.
JANE b. - -: m. Samuel Gunnison 6 Feb. 1745-6; d. 20 Jan. 1750. He m. (2) Alice Fernald whom see below.
SARAH b. : m. Thomas Fernald (his second wife) pub. I Dec. 1744.
7. Dea. John Fernald married, about 1697, Sarah He was a farmer and cordwainer, and lived near Spruce Creek. He died in 1754. Children :
19. JOHN b. 15 March 1698: m. Elizabeth Rogers, (2) Dorothy Main.
MARY b. 20 March 1700: m. Thomas, son of Richard and Eleanor (Hurd ) Rogers 5 July 1723 : d. 4 Feb. 1758. 8 children.
20. SAMUEL b. I June 1702: m. Mary Johnson 26 Feb. 1729-30. 21. JAMES b. 4 Oct. 1704: m. Hannah Rogers, pub. 30 Oct. 1730.
22. JOSEPH b. 4 Oct. 1704: m. Anna Fernald. pub. 14 June 1737. SARAH b. 13 April 1707: m. Richard Rogers, pub. 10 Jan. 1735-6.
ABIGAIL b. 10 Sept. 1710: m. Joshua, son of Peter and Mary Staples. 17 Jan. 1734-5 : d. - Aug. 1761. 6 children.
BENJAMIN b. I April 1717: m. Lucy Chadbourne. pub. 21 Nov. 1744, (2) Jane Gerrish 12 Jan. 1764: d. s. p. 1765.
LYDIA b. 26 March 1719: m. James Johnson, pub. 8 Nov. 1740. 6 children.
8. James Fernald married Mary -. He was a farmer. He died in 1740. His wife died 1740-42. Children :
ELIZABETH b. 8 Sept. 1706: m. James, son of Daniel and Hannah ( Libby ) Fogg. 23 Oct. 1728. d. 1766.
MARY b. 14 May 1712: m. John, son of John and Amy ( Dennett) Adams, 15 Oct. 1734. 7 children.
JOANNA b. 29 Jan. 1713-14: m. George Rogers, pub. 25 Dec. 1736.
ANNA b. 28 Oct. 1716: m. Joseph Fernald, pub. 14 June 1737.
MARGARET b. 13 Jan. 1719-20: m. William Hammett, pub. 26 Sept. 1741. DORCAS b. 14 Sept. 1722: m. John Seavey, pub. 8 Dec. 1744.
EUNICE b. 13 March 1725: m. John Gunnison, pub. 18 Sept. 1742. I ch. He m. (2) Rebecca Norton 10 Feb. 1747, and had 6 ch.
23. JAMES b. 24 May 1728: m. Mary Fernald 7 April 1748.
9. Thomas Fernald married 28 Nov. 1700, Mary. dau. of John and Sarah ( Remick ) Thompson. He was a "cordwinder." Children :
24. WILLIAM b. I Nov. 1701 : m. Hannah Seavey 24 June 1724.
LYDIA b. HI Feb. 1703: m. Moses, son of Alexander Dennett of Ports- mouth. It Feb. 1723-4. He d. 15 July 1749.
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MARY b. 22 April 1708.
HANNAHI b. 22 Feb. 1710-11 : m. Benj. Welch of Ipswich 9 Nov. 1736. MARGERY b. 10 Dec. 1713.
25. THOMAS b. 3 March 1716-7: m. four times : d. about 1768.
26. ABRAHAM b. 14 Nov. 1719: m. Mary Trickey 16 May 1742.
BENONI b. 17 Feb. 1723: probably died young.
IO. Nathaniel Fernald. married Ann, dau. of Robert and Hannah ( White ) Allen, 10 Sept. 1702 at Dover, N. H. He was a farmer and shipwright. He made will 15 Feb. 1742-3; pro- bated 4 April 1748. Children :
27. TOBIAS b. 25 Aug. 1703: m. Abigail Smith.
28. NATHANIEL b. 19 Feb. 1707: m. Mary Weeks 10 Oct. 1734. ELIZABETHI b. 17 July 1710; not named in her father's will. HANNAH b. 19 Feb. 1712: m. Bryant Bradeen 27 Dec. 1733. RUTH b. 22 May 1715: m. - Knight.
MARY b. 3 Aug. 1717: unmarried in 1743.
?TIMOTHY bapt. 11 Oct. 1719.
TIMOTHY b. 27 March 1721. Not named in father's will.
II. William Fernald married 31 July 1707, Elizabeth, dau. of William and Abigail ( Greenleaf ) Cotton. He inherited "Lay Claim" Island from his father and probably lived there, though he attended church at Portsmouth and his children were baptized there. He died 12 Jan. 1728 and his widow made her will 29 May 1756; proved in 1761. Children :
MARY b. 13 March 1711; m. Mendum (prob. Jonathan, 17 April 1727). WILLIAM b. 19 Feb. 1713; prob. settled in Portsmouth.
ABIGAIL bapt. 10 April 1715.
Joux bapt. 31 May 1719: prob. m. Abigail Coffin and settled in N. H. ELIZABETHI bapt. 15 Oct. 1721.
20. GEORGE bapt. 27 Oct. 1723: m. Elizabeth Lang. (2) Anna Leach. ABIGAIL bapt. 15 May 1726.
12. Benjamin Fernald married, about 1718. Catherine Children :
30. JOSEPH b. 5 May 1719: m. Anna Moore of York.
31. BENJAMIN b. 27 June 1721 : m. Sarah Fernald 6 March 1746.
JOSIAHI b. 29 June 1724: m. Mary Pierce 26 Nov. 1748. Lived in New- castle. N. H.
MARK b. 19 Aug. 1726: m. Mary Simpson 3 May 1752: d. 14 May 1779. Lived in Newcastle. N. H.
?EDWARD bapt. 7 Dec. 1729.
CATHERINE b. 8 July 1735.
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13. Nathaniel Fernald married 7 April 1720, Margaret, dau. of Sylvanus and Margaret ( Diamond) Tripe. He was a farmer. He died 18 Sept. 1771. and his wife died during the same month. Children :
MARGARET b. 6 Jan. 1721 : m. John Fernald 16 Sept. 1739; d. April 1791. 32. TOBIAS b. 27 March 1723: m. Lucy Lewis 19 May 1748.
ELIZABETH b. 2 Oct. 1725: m. Samuel Johnson 19 May 1748. (2) Edward Ingraham. pub. 2 June 1766; d. 6 April 1818.
ABIGAIL b. 30 Nov. 1727: m. James Caswell 17 Nov. 1748: d. 28 Jan. 1776.
JOSHUA b. 29 June 1730: d. 18 Sept. 1748.
MARY b. 5 Aug. 1732: d. 10 Sept. 1749.
33. WILLIAM b. 16 Sept. 1739: m. Abigail Dennett 28 June 1763. .
1.4. Ebenezer Fernald married 22 Dec. 1724. Patience, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah ( Downing) Mendum. He died 29 Jan. 1787. His wife died 5 Jan. 1775. aged 74. Children :
ALICE b. 21 Jan. 1726: m. Samuel Gunnison 3 May 1752 (his second wife ) : d. 5 July 1804.
SARAH b. 21 Jan. 1726: m. Benj. Fernald 6 March 1746: d. 13 May 1801. JOANNA b. 17 Feb. 1728: m. Simeon Dam II May 1749. 4 children.
34. EBENEZER b. 27 March 1729: m. Sarah Lewis : d. 9 June 1807.
35. JONATHAN b. 31 Aug. 1731: m. Sarah Weeks 21 Aug. 1755. OLIVE b. 25 Feb. 1733: m. Relicker Weeks : d. 25 July 1774.
DOROTHY b. 25 Feb. 1733: perhaps m. Eleazer Coleman 1 Jan. 1756-7; d. 29 May 1791.
ELIZABETH b. 4 Feb. 1736: m. Benj. Underwood 7 Sept. 1762. (2) 4 May 1780 William Holbrook : d. 14 May 1814. 5 children.
36. SIMEON b. 28 Sept. 1738: m. Margery Gunnison 14 Nov. 1763.
MIRIAM b. 13 April 1741 : m. Timothy Fernald 10 May 1764: d. 6 March 1766.
PATIENCE b. 16 Dec. 1743: d. 7 Aug. 1749.
JOSHUA DOWNING b. 22 July 1748: d. 5 Aug. 1749.
15. Capt. Tobias Fernald married 22 Dec. 1724. Mary, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah ( Downing ) Mendum. He died HI May 1761. His wife died 16 Oct. 1767. Children :
37. DENNIS b. 7 Dec. 1725: m. Sarah Frost 9 Oct. 1750. MARY b. 5 Aug. 1728: m. James Fernald 7 April 1748: d. 25 May 1761.
MIRIAM b. 26 March 1733: d. 8 April 1739.
ROBERT b. 11 Dec. 1736: d. 7 March 1741.
ROBERT b. 2 March 1741 : d. 1764 in London. Eng.
38. TOBIAS b. I Feb. 1743-4: m. Dorcas MeIntire of York. His widow m. Capt. Richard Rogers 18 Dec. 1786.
39. ELEAZER b. 23 Sept. 1746: m. Margery Staples 31 Jan. 1771.
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FOURTH GENERATION.
16. Thomas Fernald (possibly son of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Hunking) instead of Samuel) married Hannah, dau. of John and Lettice ( Ford ) Whitney, 16 Nov. 1733. His will was pro- bated Oct. 1794. Children :
?HENRY bapt. 2 Nov. 1735.
?THOMAS bapt. 23 Jan. 1737.
?MARGERY bapt. 16 Dec. 1739.
?WILLIAM bapt. 19 April 1741. These four prob. died young.
HANNAH b. 17 Jan. 1744.
EUNICE b. 2 Feb. 1746; m. Andrew Grace.
SUSANNA b. 7 Jan. 1751 ; m. Samuel Fowler, (2) - - Todd; d. 15 May 1841.
LETTICE b. 7 Dec. 1754: m. Andrew Phillips 19 March 1771; d. March 1843. He was a Sergeant in the Revolution. 5 children.
17. Hercules Fernald married Mary Tucker, pub. 18 March 1735-6. She was born 23 March 1719. Children :
ALICE b. 24 May 1737.
SUSANNA b. 29 July 1740 ; m. (prob.) David Duncan.
MARY b. 29 Oct. 1742.
40. JOEL. b. 13 Feb. 1745; m. Elizabeth Peters about 1767.
JOSIAH b. HI March 1746-7; d. young.
HERCULES b. 4 Dec. 1749: m. Miriam Pursley (or Percy) of York, 30 Jan. 1772: d. 27 Oct. 1833. In the Revolution. Lived in North Berwick. JOSIAH b. 19 Sept. 1751.
STEPHEN b. 21 Aug. 1754. Lived in Rochester, N. H. ?
SARAH b. Nov. 1756.
ESTHIER b. 5 Sept. 1759: m. William Paul 10 May 1783?
18. John Fernald married 7 Sept. 1739, Margaret, dau. of Nathaniel and Margaret (Tripe) Fernald. He was a carpenter. Children :
SARAH b. 5 April 1740; unm.
ARCHELAUS b. 25 Sept. 1741 : d. Jan. 1760 at sea.
41. JoSIIVA b. 7 Aug. 1743: i. Elizabeth White 18 Nov. 1764. MARGARET b. 8 April 1745 : m. -- Moore of Sanford, Me. ; d. Nov. 1843
PELATIAHI b. 22 April 1747: married and settled in England.
42. Joux b. 20 Feb. 1750: m. Mary Fernald.
JANE b. 30 April 1752: m. Capt. John Seavey I Oct. 1776, (2) John Stevens : d. 17 Feb. 1836.
MARY b. 10 April 1754: m. William Pierce of Newcastle 16 Nov. 1783; d. 30 June 1845.
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ABIGAIL b. 29 April 1756: m. Benj. Remick 15 Jan. 1777: d. 22 Oct. 1825.
BETSEY b. 2 Sept. 1758: m. Wentworth Ricker of Somersworth. N. H., 21 June 1778.
MIRIAM b. 20 April 1762: m. Samuel Fletcher (his third wife) : d. Nov. 1812.
ARCHELAUS b. 16 March 1769: m. Eunice Trefethen 10 June 1790; d. 24 Nov. 1853. No children.
19. John Fernald married 16 Jan. 1723-4, Elizabeth, dau. of Richard and Eleanor ( Heard) Rogers. He married (2) Dorothy Main of York, 19 Jan. 1730-31. He was a farmer and died before 18 April 1738 at which date the widow was appointed administratrix. Children :
JOHN b. --: m. - - and had a son James.
MERCY b.
ELIZABETH b. 2 Dec. 1731.
CHILD b. posthumously.
20. Samuel Fernald married 26 Feb. 1729-30, Mary, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth ( Haskins) Johnson. He was a farmer and lived in the Second Parish. Children :
SAMUEL b. 1732: unmarried. .
NOAH b. 1735: unmarried : will probated 1798.
MARY b. 1740? died young.
21. James Fernald married ( pub. 30 Oct. 1730) Hannah, dau. of John and Hannah ( Fogg ) Rogers, b. 11 June 1710, and living in 1763. He died between 1754 and May 1769. Children :
KEZIAH b. 3 April 1734: m. Richard Gowell 9 Jan. 1752. (2) Timothy Hanscom.
43. JOIN b. 3 July 1737: m. Sarah Wentworth 17 April 1759.
HANNAH b. 7 May 1740: m. Capt. John Wentworth 1758. 2 ch. He 11. (2) Sarah Bartlett 17 Sept. 1762.
44. JAMES b. 20 Sept. 1744: m. Abigail Wentworth 1762: d. 1762 or 1763 and she m. (2) Charles Peoples. (3) Clement Jordan.
22. Joseph Fernald married ( pub. 14 June 1737) Anna, dau. of James and Mary Fernald. He was a weaver. Children :
JOSEPH b. 25 May 1738; perhaps m. Mary Lewis, pub. 6 Oct. 1759, and may have been at Ellsworth, Me., about 1763.
LYDIA b. I Jan. 1740: m. Robert, son of Thomas and Dorcas (Ham- mond ) Cutt, 18 Nov. or 21 Dec. 1758. She d. before 1767 and he m. (2) Margery Pepperell Wentworth.
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23. James Fernald married 7 April 1748, Mary, dau. of Tobias and Mary ( Mendum) Fernald. He died 17 March 1757. He was a farmer. Children :
45. JAMES b. 16 Feb. 1748-9: m. Mary Stacy 30 Nov. 1769.
46. MARK b. 6 May 1751 ; in. Dorcas -. (2) Mary Shapleigh.
MARY b. 20 June 1753; m. John Rogers 19 Nov. 1776.
47. BENJAMIN b. 17 Jan. 1756; m. Lucy Cottle, (2) Mary Mellen.
24. William Fernald married 24 June 1724, Hannah, dau. of Benjamin and Mary ( Wallis ) Seavey of Newcastle or Rye, N. H. She probably married ( 2) about 1737, Peter Dixon. Children :
?LYDIA bapt. 18 Feb. 1727 ?
HANNAH m. Capt. John Gowell. Perhaps m. (1) Thomas Dixon 17 June 1742.
48. WILLIAM b. 22 Feb. 1732: m. Abigail Tobey, (2) Mary Staples.
DIMON b. 1734: killed by Indians near Halifax, N. S., about 1753.
25. Thomas Fernald married Mary, dau. of John and Abigail (Paul) Scriggins, pub. 30 Dec. 1738. (2) Sarah, dau. of Hercules and Sarah ( Hinckes ) Fernald, pub. I Dec. 1744, (3) Grace, dau. of Joshua and Dorcas ( Hill) Remick, 4 Nov. 1755, (4) Eunice Lewis pub. 21 Jan. 1758. He died about 1768. Children :
BENJAMIN b. about 1743: m. Betsey (pub. as Hannah) Spinney pub. 8 Dec. 1764. Left family about 1786 and went to Cherryfield. Me .. and d. 1833-5. Was a spinning-wheel maker.
MARY b. 1746: m. George Rogers of Berwick 30 Aug. 1770. 2 ch.
ARCHELAUS b. 1748; m. Hannah Trefethen : d. 1798. She d. 1805. He was a baker and lived in Newcastle. N. H. 7 children.
DIMON b. 2 April 1750. m. Margaret, dau. of Abraham and Mary (Trickey) Fernald : d. 28 Dec. 1806. Lived in Loudon. N. H. 15 children.
RENALD b. 13 April 1752: m. Elizabeth Viner ( Vennard? ) 2 Sept. 1781. (2) Mrs. Priscilla Davis 29 July 1792. (3) Mary, dau. of Andrew Sher- bourne. 6 Sept. 1801. (4) Mrs. Jane Larkin 4 Nov. 1810. He was a black- smith : lived in Portsmouth, and d. there 10 April 1844. 5 children, one of whom was A. R. H. Fernaldl who gave much attention to the genealogy of the family.
ROBERT b. 1755: impressed in the English Navy and never heard from.
HANNAH b. 1761 : m. Elisha Gurney of Newburyport. Mass .. 17 March 1780: d. 1833. 8 ch.
NANCY b. 6 Feb. 1764: m. John Rogers 26 Dec. 1790 : d. 19 Jan. 1852. 2 ch.
SARAHI b. 1766: m. Samuel Pray of Berwick : d. 1848 at Topsham. Me. 3 ch.
THREE CHILDREN : d. in infancy.
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26. Abraham Fernald married 16 May 1742, Mary Trickey, at Newington, N. H. He lived in the second (Eliot) Parish of Kittery. Children :
ABRAHAM.
ISAAC bapt. 5 May 1744: m. Judith Hill; d. Sept. 1815. Lived in Bar- rington, N. H. 13 children.
CLEMENT bapt. 11 May 1746; m. Dorcas Tucker 29 Sept. 1768 at Dover, N. H. Lived in' Gouldsboro, Me. In Revolution. 8 children.
THOMAS bapt. I May 1747: m. Anna Kenniston. Lived in Notting- ham, N. H. 14 children.
JEDEDIAH or JEREMIAH.
CHARLES b. 12 March 1752: m. Abigail Trickey ; d. 8 April 1828. Lived in Northwood, N. H. 6 children.
?JOHN.
MARY bapt. 21 Aug. 1757 ; m. Spokesfield ?
MARGARET b. 28 June 1758; m. Dimon Fernald; d. 21 Jan. 1833 at Lou- don, N. H.
DAUGHTER, m. - Huckins.
KEZIAH b. Feb. 1767: m. Samuel Buswell 1790; d. 30 Nov. 1814 at Wayne, Me.
27. Tobias Fernald married Abigail Smith. Pub. Feb. 1728-9. He died before 5 Oct. 1737. Children : 49. GEORGE b. 8 Feb. 1730; prob. m. Eunice Knight 6 Dec. 1753.
CHILD b. about 1733; prob. d. young.
28. Nathaniel Fernald married 10 Oct. 1734, Mary, dau. of Nicholas and Priscilla (Gunnison) Weeks. He was a farmer. Children :
MARY b. 5 May 1735: d. young.
TOBIAS b. 7 Nov. 1736; m. Mary Hammett 27 Nov. 1760; d. about 1767 at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. His widow m. Thomas Jackson 27 Feb. 1780. 3 ch.
50. TIMOTHY b. 18 Sept. 1738: thrice married ; d. II April 1775.
51. NATHANIEL b. 6 April 1740; m. Mary Gunnison 5 May 1763.
MARY b. 22 Aug. 1741.
PELATIAH b. 3 Aug. 1743; m. Mrs. Abigail (Strout) Eldridge 4 June 1768: d. 22 Feb. 1816. Lived in Falmouth, Me. Ch., Nathaniel, Anthony, Joshua, Joseph and Mary.
ELIZABETH b. 20 Dec. 1744: m. Joshua Mendum Jan. 1764.
NICHOLAS b. 22 May 1747; m. Esther Thompson of York I Nov. 1772, (2) Molly Furbish 12 Oct. 1779. Lived in York, Me. In Revolution. Children : Mary, John, Timothy, Samuel, and Catherine.
JOSEPH b. H July 1749.
CHILD b. 3 Nov. 1752.
PANNE b. 12 Nov. 1759: perhaps m. Samuel Remick 26 Dec. 1780. HANNAH b. 26 Jan. 1761.
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29. George Fernald married 5 Dec. 1754, Elizabeth Lang ; (2, I Jan. 1767, Anna Leach. He died in 1774. He may have lived in Portsmouth though his children are said to have been born in Kittery. Children :
DANIEL b. 19 Nov. 1767 : m. Beulah Nichols 2 Sept. 1789, (2) Mrs. Jane ( Marden ) Otis 3 July 1822; d. 7 March 1866. Sea captain. 12 children. GEORGE b. 7 June 1770. "Lived in New Hampshire."
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