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HANNAH m. 1740, John Peters. Ch .. Mary b. 21 Nov. 1742: Andrew b. 30 Aug. 1744: Elizabeth b. 21 July 1746: Simon b. 29 Sept. 1749; Eleanor b. 25 July 1752.
ELIZABETH m. ( Enoch ?) Hutchings.
I. SAMUEL m. 10 May 1748. Elizabeth Fernald.
2. JAMES m. Lydia Fernald.
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1. Samuel Johnson married, 19 May 1748, Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel and Margaret ( Tripe) Fernald. He died before 22 Sept. 1763, and his widow married, 2 June 1769, Edward Ingra- ham. Children :
3. SAMUEL b. 2 Feb. 1748-9: m. 2 Sept. 1770. Elizabeth McCoy in Cape Elizabeth.
MARY h. 8 July 1750: died young.
MIRIAM m. Major William Haley 15 March 1797?
ELIZABETH.
JOHN. revolutionary soldier. Unm.
MARY.
2. James Johnson married, 1740, Lydia, dau. of John and Sarah ( -- ) Fernald. He died 26 May May 1802, aged 92. Children :
LYDIA b. 25 Nov. 1742: m. Samuel Weeks. 26 July 1759.
SAMUEL b. 5 Feb. 1744-5: adjudged insane in 1775: d. April 1809. Pub. to Hannah Benson 25 March 1769.
SARAH b. 20 July 1747 : 1. 17 Dec. 1767. Ebenezer Blaisdell of York.
MARY b. 31 Oct. 1749; m. Samuel McIntire.
ELINOR b. 2 Jan. 1751 : m. 2 Jan. 1790 Nathaniel Libby.
4. JAMES b. 25 April 1754: m. Sarah Fernald.
ABIGAIL m. John Cutts. 28 Dec. 1782.
3. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth ( McCoy) Johnson of Cape Elizabeth.
JOHN b. 22 Sept. 1774: m. Dorcas Jordan. 10 ch.
MARY PEBBLES b. 26 April 1781 : d. when a young woman. Unm. ELIZABETHI FERNALD b. 12 June 1783: m. 17 June 1804 Solomon Hollis of Cape Elizabeth and Danville. Me.
JEAN MCCRAY b. 5 July 1804: m. Ignatius Jordan.
4. James, son of James and Lydia ( Fernald) Johnson, mar- ried. 10 Oct 1784. Sarah, dau. of Dennis and Sarah ( Frost ) Fer- nakl. Will. 27 Oct. 1817-9 Feb. 1818. Children :
JAMES b. 8 Jan. 1786: d. 20 June 1787.
BENJAMIN b. 21 July 1787: m. 12 Nov. 1809. Nancy W .. dau. of Meshach and Jane T. ( Watkins) Bell of Newcastle, N. H .. d. s. p. in Methuen. Mass .. 25 Jan. 1823.
5. CHARLES b. 26 Oct. 1780. Married four times.
6. JAMES b. 15 April 1702: m. Alzira Fernald.
LYDIA b. 2 Aug. 1794: m. Richard Cutts.
5. Charles Johnson married (1) Eliza Purdy of New York, (2) Lydia. dau. of John and Abigail ( Bartlett ) Lewis, (3) 7 March 1839. Eunice, dau. of Robert Moulton of York, (4) II
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May 1850, Lydia Trafton of York. He died about 1850. Children by second marriage :
LYDIA D. 9 March 1830; m. Benjamin Kimball.
CHARLES B. b. 3 April 1833. Died in Civil War. Unm.
Child by third marriage :
JAMES D. 1842; m. Emma Talpy of York. Ch., Charles, Mabel T., and Sarah Emma.
Child by fourth marriage :
ANN AUGUSTA b. about 1850; m. Newbury Haley.
6. James Johnson married, 15 Nov. 1821, Alzira, dau. of William Fernald. He probably died Jan. 1836. Children :
JULIA A. b. 11 June 1826. Unm.
DR. ALBION WESLEY b. 2 Sept. 1830. Dartmouth, 1856, Medical Col- lege of Vermont. 1861. Is a physician at Kittery. Married Abbie W., dau. of Dr. William Leighton of Portsmouth. Son Albion W. b. 18 March 1886.
JOHNSON.
James Johnson, called Irish in the town records, married, 3 Dec. 1727. Elizabeth Seavey. She died in 1739. He married (2) 6 Aug. 1740, Rebecca Benson. Children by first marriage :
ELIZABETHI b. 8 July 1728.
JOHN b. 1 Feb. 1730: d. 5 June 1736.
MARY b. 5 May 1733.
JAMES b. 18 June 1735 : d. 17 June 1736.
JOANNA b. 10 May 1737.
Joux b. 20 Sept. 1739: prob. d. in Revolutionary Army.
Children by second marriage :
JAMES b. 20 June 1742: m. 22 Aug. 1765. Rebecca Hutchings. Soldier in the Revolution. Probably lived in Hollis. Me .. in 1832.
WILLIAM b. 8 April 1744: m. 19 April 1770 Abigail Cator ? LYDIA b. 26 Feb. 1746.
REBECCA D. I April 1748.
DANIEL. b. 13 June 1750: m. 29 April 1773. Mary Green, Revolution- ary soldier. Lived at North Berwick in 1832.
ANNA b. 13 Aug. 1752.
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DENNIS b. 19 Jan. 1754; m. 11 May 1779 Mary Carter. Revolutionary pensioner. Living in Waterboro, Me., in 1838. Had wife Mary in 1820, aged 62.
NOAH b. 15 March 1757; m. Sarah Goodwin 10 Aug. 1780.
MIRIAM b. 16 July 1759.
SARAH b. 27 Aug. 1762.
JONES.
Alexander Jones, probably son of the Alexander Jones who was a servant of Capt. John Mason, was living in Kittery in 1663 and owned land on the west side of Spruce Creek in 1676. He died before 1720. It may have been he who married Sarah, dau. of John Pearce. He had a son Daniel and probably Cornelius, who was living at Spruce Creek in 1687. Walter Jones witnessed a deed in Kittery in 1672.
Daniel, son of Alexander Jones, had the following children bapt. at Kittery Point, IT Sept. 1715 :
ALEXANDER m. Elizabeth Beal. 9 Nov. 1727. His widow Mary was liv- ing in 1780.
GRACE.
SAMUEL, pub. to Martha Barter 8 Feb. 1729; m. Mary Deering 25 Sept. 1733. Widow m. Richard Mitchell in 1740.
MARY, pub. to William Barter 22 Aug. 1730.
DANIEL m. (I) Elizabeth Beal, (2) Martha Weeks. LAZARUS.
HUGH.
The following were probably children of Daniel Jones.
Joux bapt. 30 May 1719; m. Abigail SARAHI bapt. 30 May 1719.
Daniel Jones married ( 1) 8 Dec. 1726, Elizabeth Beal, (2) 22 Nov. 1733, Martha, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Gunnison) Weeks. The following were probably his children :
ELIZABETHI bapt. 31 Dec. 1727. SAMUEL bapt. 16 Aug. 1730. MARTHA bapt. 18 March 1733. MARY bapt. 1 Sept. 1734. JOSIAH bapt. 31 Aug. 1735. JOSEPH bapt. 25 July 1742. WILLIAM ? bapt. 13 March 1736.
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The following children of John and Abigail Jones are recorded. He died in 1755.
MARY b. 18 Dec. 1740.
ABIGAIL b. 21 Aug. 1743.
JOHN b. 13 June 1745.
DORCAS b. I March 1748.
SARAHI b. 8 Sept. 1750.
LAZARUS b. 21 Nov. 1752.
THOMAS b. 29 May 1755.
Alexander, Zachaens, Sarah and Elizabeth Jones were all bapt. 18 July 1736. They may have been children of Alexander, who m. Elizabeth Beal.
JOY.
Thomas Joy married, 1637. Joan, dau. of John and Christabel Gallop of Boston. He removed to Hingham in 1646 and died there 21 Oct. 1678 in the 69th year of his age. Wife died 20 March 1691.
Their son Ephraim, b. in Boston 7 Dec. 1646, m. before 1673. Susanna, widow of John Gattensby and dau. of Thomas and Patience (Chadbourne) Spencer. He died in Berwick about 1697. Children :
TABITHA b. 25 Sept. 1677: m. 10 Feb. 1700 Rowland Jenkins.
EPHRAIM b. -. m. 22 Feb. 1703, Sarah Nock ; d. 1717. Ch .. Eph- raim bapt. 12 May 1709, m, Sarah Walker: Susanna bapt. 12 May 1709; Thomas bapt. 8 June 1712: Samuel bapt. 22 Aug. 1713: Nathaniel bapt. 10 Oct. 1723. m. Patience and had 4 daus. ; perhaps Benjamin of Saco; perhaps Sarah. who m. James Grant 9 March 1726.
MARY m. George Gray of York.
Perhaps Thomas and other daus.
Ephraim, son of Ephraim and Sarah ( Nock) Joy, married Sarah Walker. He died at Berwick 29 Aug. 1770. Wife died 23 Dec. 1781. Children :
SAMUEL bapt. 23 Feb. 1734-5: died young.
ARIGAn. bapt. 2 April 1738; died young.
EPHRAIM b. 7 Aug. 1740.
SAMUEL b. 22 Sept. 1742: m. 8 Aug. 1767. Lydia, dau. of Gabriel Ham- ilton (b. 20 Oct. 1748 and d. 22 Feb. 1843.) He d. 4 April 1829. 12 ch.
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JAMES b. 2 Sept. 1742: 1. 13 Oct. 1768 Mehitable Whicher, (2) Mrs. Mary Thurston. 1786. 12 ch.
JEREMIAHI b. 2 Jan. 1747.
MARY bapt. 26 March 1740-50: died young.
ELIZABETHI bapt. 17 May 1751 ; died young.
WILLIAM b. 12 May 1751: m. 27 July 1773 Martha Whitcher, who d. 18 March 1807. (2) 27 Dec. 1808 Hannah Hamilton, who d. 21 June 1826. He d. 24 Oct. 1827. 9 ch.
ABIGAIL b. 8 Feb. 1753: m. Thomas Grant, 1776.
SARAII b. II July 1756: m. Samuel Ricker, 1774.
SUSANNA b. 9 Jan. 1760; m. Thomas Worster.
LYDIA b. 29 May 1762; m. Elijah Hamilton, 1779.
HANNAH b. IINOV. 1764.
KEEN.
William Keen witnessed a deed in Dover in 1669. Nathaniel Keen married, Nov. 1688, Sarah Green of Kittery, doubtless dau. of John and Julian Green. See page 72. His will, 1722-1724, names wife Sarah and children :
I. NATHANIEL m. Grace
2. JOSEPH m. Abigail
ABIGAIL, living in 1767. Unm. DEBORAHI m. John Barter. 15 Dec. 1720. (2) Jacob Remick, 9 April 1752. LYDIA m. Thomas Boothby. Pub. 8 Jan. 1724-5. SARAH. Had dau. Mary who m. Wm. Hutchins 17 Oct. 1734. ESTHER.
SECOND GENERATION.
1. Nathaniel Keen married Grace - -.
Both were living in 1742. His house was near the present house of John Bridges, on his father's farm. Children :
RICHARD, probably : m. Susanna Dau. Sally bapt. 2 May 1773.
3. ISAAC m. Jane
EPHRAIM, bapt. 30 June 1751.
AARON, probably. Was in the militia in 1757.
NATHANIEL. Was a soldier in 1758. JAMES, probably. Was in the militia in 1757. GRACE bapt. 29 March 1751 : m. Thomas Shepherd Jenkins, 6 Aug. 1780. SARAH bapt. 30 June 1751: m. Joseph Banks of York. Pub. 9 NOT: 1777.
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2. Joseph Keen married Abigail - and lived on his father's farm, where Rufus Harrison Remick now lives. Will, I Oct. 1767-5 Nov. 1767. Children :
JONATHAN m. Sarah Hooper. Pub. 26 Jan. 1744. Moved to Berwick. Son Jonathan m. Lucy Shepherd 3 March 1791.
4. SIMEON bapt. 10 Aug. 1746; m. Dorothy Main.
DEBORAH m. John Winkley.
MIRIAM m. Mark Shepherd.
MARY.
DORCAS bapt. 17 Aug. 1746; pub. to Ichabod Austin of York 18 June 1781.
HEPSIBAH bapt. Dec. 1752.
LYDIA bapt. 12 March 1752.
SARAHI bapt. Dec. 1752.
THIRD GENERATION.
3. Isaac Keen married Jane -. Lived on his father's farm. Died in 1787. leaving widow Jane. Children :
5. WILLIAM m. Sarah Pettegrew.
6. ISAAC m. Mary Main.
7. JEREMIAHI m. Lydia Pettegrew. BETSEY, probably ; m. Mark Shepherd, Jr. 3 Jan. 1790.
HANNAH m. John Gunnison I Dec. 1797.
JOHN, probably; m. Joanna Dain. Pub. Dec. 1776. Lived in Wells. Me.
MEINITABLE m. Ebenezer Spinney, Jr., 7 Aug. 1806.
EPHRAIM probably ; m. 9 Feb. 1800, Katharine, dau. of Benj. and Sarah (Beaver) Fernald. Lost at sea about 1810. Two daus., Izette m. James Nute of Dover, and Fanny b. 10 Feb. 1807, d. 21 Jan. 1892, m. John H. Bellamy. (2) Charles Bellamy. The widow of Ephraim m. Samuel Fernald 5 Feb. 1821.
4. Simeon Keen married Dorothy Main of York and lived on his father's farm. Died about 1822. Children :
DAVID, probably.
8. JOSEPH m. Ilannah Fernald.
JOSIAH m. Mehitable Fernald. Pub. 27 Jan .1798. She m. (2) Eben- ezer Spinney, Jr .. 7 Aug. 1806.
BENJAMIN. Unm.
9. THEODORE b. 10 April 1783; m. Mary Neal.
IO. JOHN m. Mary A. Berry 7 Dec. 1814.
DOLLY bapt. 2 June 1779: m. Thomas Manson, Jr., 21 April 1797.
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FOURTH GENERATION.
5. William Keen married Sarah, dau. of Joseph Pettegrew, 14 Jan. 1787. Children :
JANE m. (1) 5 Oct. 1821 W'm. Gregory. (2) 18 April 1833 Daniel San- born. (3) 14 March 1845 James Towle. (4) 27 Nov. 1850 John Smart. 4 ch. by second marriage.
LYDIA m. Francis Pettegrew, 12 Oct. 1817.
BETSEY m. John Jenkins. Pub. HI June 1814.
NATHANIEL, Joseph and William, all of whom were lost at sea. Unm.
6. Isaac Keen married Mary Main of York about Dec. 1787. Revolutionary soldier. Moved to Wells and thence to Clinton, Me. Children :
II. BENJAMIN m. Hannah Jenkins 19 Dec. 1822.
Lucy m. Isaac Jenkins, her cousin, 22 Jan. 1815.
JOSIAH, lived in Canaan. Me.
7. Jeremiah Keen married Lydia, dau. of Joseph Pettegrew. Pub. 27 May 1797. Lived on his father's farm. Children :
ELIZA m. Alexander Nelson. Pub. 7 Oct. 1820.
HIRAM m. Clarissa H. Manson. 6 Nov. 1835. She d. 10 Sept. 1894: aged 86 years 23 days. Sons Hiram and Woodbury.
THOMAS m. Elizabeth Trefethen, 14 Aug. 1836.
NANCY m. Martin Wherren of Eliot.
Lucy C. m. Bunker. (2) Daniel Staples, 9 Sept. 1849.
MARY B. m. Hammond Foster.
ALZIRA m. John Dean.
8. Joseph Keen married. 10-15 Nov. 1794. Hannah M., dau. of Jonathan and Sarah ( Weeks ) Fernald. Was a fisherman and lived on his father's farm, where Scott Dannenberg now lives. Children :
BENJAMIN. Was a U. S. sailor. Unm. Died at Boston on U. S. ship. JOHN F. m. Harriet Pettegrew. 28 Dec. 1821 : d. s. p. 15 April 1852, aged 54.
12. JOSEPH m. Statira Duncan.
WILLIAM m. Mrs. Mary E. (Smith) Halbert. I Feb. 1835. who d. 15 April 1838. aged 31, (2) Lived in Rye, N. H.
HANNAH in. Robert Briard 6 June 1819.
DOLLY m. Sebastian Hubbard.
PAMELIA m. Samuel Sides I April 1833. (2) Charles Dannenberg 3 Dec. 1836. She d. 29 Aug. 1851. aged 39.
MARY F. m. James L. Berry. 12 Sept. 1830.
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9). Theodore Keen married, 31 Oct. 1805, Mary, dau. of Samuel Neal of Kittery. She died 16 Jan. 1843, aged 57. He died in 1822. Children :
SIMEON, settled in Georgia.
13. JOSIAH m. Mary Ann Lydston. MARY m. Frank Blancy.
14. THEODORE m. Cidney C. James.
MINERVA m. John Lydston 20 Dec. 1832. ANGELINA m. George Rice of Portsmouth.
Lucy m. - Hoyt, (2) George Rice.
IO. John Keen married Mary A., only dau. of Josiah Berry of Kittery. Lived in York and in Kittery on the old homestead. He died 10 Dec. 1868, aged 77 years, 2 months. She died 28 March 1864, aged 70. Children :
JonN m. Martha Spear of Robbinston. Me. Lived in Dorchester, Mass. MARY ANN m. William Berry of York.
LIZZIE m. Joel Nowell of Kittery as his 2d wife.
THEODORE b. 17 Dec. 1835: m. Emma Spear, (2) Sarah More. Ch., Harriet and Edward V.
WILLIAM B. m. 15 Jan. 1849. Julia A. Brown; d. in Malden, Mass. Ch., John M. and Herbert.
FIFTH GENERATION.
11. Benjamin Keen married, 19 Dec. 1822, Hannah, dau. of Thomas S. and Grace ( Keen) Jenkins. He died 23 Aug 1871, aged 71 years 7 months. "Children :
15. BENJAMIN b. 28 June 1831 : m. Eliza Ann Green.
MARIA d. at age of about 30. Unm.
LAVINA m. 15 April 1849. James C. Green. (2) John Phillips. ELIZA JANE d. in childhood.
IRA died young.
MARTHA m. Andrew Shaw.
12. Joseph Keen was a sailor in the United States Navy. He married Statira Duncan. Children :
VIRGINIA 1. 3 July 1850 John E. Lawry. Jr .. of Kittery; d. 17 Dec. 1890. aged 60 years. 7 mos. 24 days.
WARREN m. a cousin. dau. of Wm. Keen of Rye. N. H., and lived in Portsmouth.
HOWARD m. - Ammazeen.
ALONzo. Unm.
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13. Josiah Keen, born 21 Nov. 1810, married, 22 Nov. 1832, Mary Ann Lydston and lived in Kittery. He died 19 Aug. 1896. Wife, born 4 March 1812, died 19 June 1882. Children :
HAMPDEN C. m. Mary A. Picoat 26 Aug. 1856. Lived in York. WM. THEODORE, d. 7 May 1857, aged 17 yrs. 5 mos. 14 days.
JOSIAH EDWIN m. Clara Paul of Eliot.
ANNIE m. George Damon of Kittery.
NATHANIEL b. Jan. 1849. Lives in Kittery.
ETTA m. John Ball. Lives in Lynn, Mass.
DANIEL T. d. II Feb. 1837, aged 3 yrs. 6 mos. 9 days.
JOSEPH m. Frances Fernald.
MADGE m. Pierce Parker.
There Islong to family
of No. 12, paga 563.
CHARLES.
FRANCES? m. James Burt 27 Oct. 1856.
14. Theodore Keen married, 3 Dec. 1835, Cidney, dau. of John and Margery (Spinney) James and lived in Kittery. He died 9 Oct. 1882. She died 4 May 1895, having been born 10 Aug. 1811. Children :
SAMUEL J. b. 8 Sept. 1837 ; m. Mary Ellen Frisbee 9 Oct. 1859. Dau. Clara.
FANNIE b. 15 Dec. 1840: m. Charles H. Tucker ; d. 22 Sept. 1902.
15. Benjamin Keen married, 24 Dec. 1854, Eliza Ann Green of Sandown, N. H., born 3 Feb. 1838. Children :
ELIZA JANE b. 3 May 1857; m. Wm. Kerns of Chelsea, Mass.
LEROY b. 2 May 1859; m. and lived in Canada.
WILLIS E. b. 17 May 1861 ; m. (1) Lizzie Bartlett of Merrimac, Mass., (2) widow Rebecca Forsyth. Ch. by Ist marriage, Charles S., Allen B., Ida E.
IRA C. b. 21 Oct. 1864: m. 16 June 1886 Etta Brown. Ch., Howard G .. Lewis and Roy.
GEORGE M. b. 21 May 1867; m. Vesta Littlefield. Lives in Newton, Mass.
CHARLES b. 13 Jan. 1873; d. 8 May 1888.
NELLIE E. b. 9 May 1881 : m. Hiram Rathbain of Mansfield. Mass.
ARTHUR b. 5 June 1884.
KELLY.
Roger Kelly was a fisherman and owner of property at the Isles of Shoals in 1662, where he was constable and Justice of the Peace. He was deputy to General Court in 1692, unless this was Roger. Jr. Children :
SARAH m. John Frost of Isles of Sholas in 1674.
RuTu m. John Brown.
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ABRAHAM died in 1719.
ELISHA m. Susanna
ROGER probably ; m. 29 Sept. 1681. Mary. dau. of Wm. Holdridge of Salisbury and had six children recorded at Exeter.
CHARLES m. 25 May 1698, Joanna, dau. of Thomas Fernald and had dau. Mary b. 27 Dec. 1699. their only child, unmarried in 1722.
KENNARD.
Edward Kennard came from Kent, England, to Portsmouth, and married. 3 July 1662. Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. Richard Mar- tyn. Children :
I. MICHAEL, thrice married. See below.
JOHN m. Elizabeth Atkins. Will, 1753-1756, names son Thomas (who was of Rochester. Kent Co., Eng., in 1765) son-in-law Mark Nelson, and daus. Elizabeth, Patience and Anne. Had also son Atkins.
ELIZABETH m. Francis Ditty, (2) Waterhouse ?
MARY m. Benjamin Nason. 10 Sept. 1710. ABIGAIL m. William Grant.
I. Michael Kennard settled in what is now Eliot, at "Sandy Hill." in 1717. He married ( 1) April 1711, Elizabeth, dau. of William and Mary ( Roby ) Tetherly, (2) 21st of 10th month, 1734, Sarah Varney of Dover, (3) Rebecca Children :
2. EDWARD b. 1711 ; m. Elizabeth Marsh. ATKINS. GEORGE. ANNE m. Cottle.
3. MICHAEL b. 22 July 1716: m. Dorcas Hammond.
SAMUEL. settled in Windham. Me. Died about 1820. aged 80. MARY m. Simon Lord. 5 Nov. 1743. SUSANNAH m. Joshua Small, 1744. RUTH m. James Tucker. 15 July 1749. ELIZABETH m. Samuel Tetherly.
THIRD GENERATION.
2. Edward Kennard married Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth ( Small ) Marsh. He died 22 Aug. 1788. She died in 1792. Lived in Eliot. Children :
SARAHI b. 9 Sept. 1743: m 1 July 1761. Christopher Hammond.
ELIZABETH b. 5 Jan. 1746-7: m. 4 Dec. 1764. Robert Staples: d. 26 July 1832.
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4. JAMES b. 7 Jan. 1749; m. Ann Parry.
NATHANIEL b. 4 May 1755; m. 10 Oct. 1783 Margaret A. Peverly; d. 24 June 1823. Revolutionary soldier. Lived in Portsmouth.
EDWARD b. 24 May 1757; m. I June 1785, Mary Hanscom. Lived in Limington, Me.
3. Michael Kennard married Dorcas Hammond. Pub. IT June 1742. She was natural daughter of George Hammond and Lydia Spinney, born 12 Jan. 1722-3. He died 26 Sept. 1797. Wife died in 1807, aged 84. Children :
5. JOHN b. 3 June 1743; m. Mercy WILLIAM b. 6 Nov. 1745; m. Hannah Sargent 25 April 1773. LYDIA b. 9 March 1750; m. James Nason I Nov. 1770.
6. DIAMOND b. II July 1753: m. Elizabeth Chandler.
7. TIMOTHY b. 19 Feb. 1756: m. Abigail Stephens.
FOURTH GENERATION.
4. James Kennard married Ann, dau. of John Parry, 22 Aug. 1776. He died 9 Jan. 1837. Children :
LYDIA PIERCE b. 21 April 1777: d. 19 April 1779.
MARY b. 4 Jan. 1779; m. James Paul, 15 April 1798.
JAMES b. 14 Nov. 1780; m. I Nov. 1812, Mary, dau. of Thomas Man- ning, b. 2 Nov. 1785 and d. 30 Sept. 1844. (2) 8 June 1847, Frances Blunt b. 6 March 1808. He d. 28 July 1847. Ch., Manning b. 7 Aug. 1813; James b. 20 Nov. 1815; William M. b. 4 Sept. 1820; Ann Mary b. 22 June 1825; Caroline b. 24 Aug. 1828.
LYDIA PIERCE b. 26 July 1784: m. Nathaniel Paul, 13 June 1813.
OLIVER PERRY. Lived in Portsmouth, N. H.
EDWARD. Lived in Portsmouth, N. H.
5. John Kennard married Mercy - 22 Aug. 1764. She died 20 Nov. 1850, aged 83. Ile died 3 Dec. 1837, aged 94. Children :
JOHN b. 11 Feb. 1765.
MERCY b. 8 April 1767; m. Benjamin Johnson Oct. 1806.
SALLY b. 7 Oct. 1769; m. Daniel Garland 12 Nov. 1791.
BETSEY b. 25 March 1774.
DORCAS b. 19 Sept. 1776.
GEORGE b. 20 March 1780.
PHOEBE b. 13 April 1782. DIAMOND b. 25 Oct. 1785: m. Nabby Manson, 20 May 1800.
6. Diamond Kennard married, 20 Jan. 1774, Elizabethi Chandler, who was born I Sept. 1755 and died 16 April 1820. Children :
8. BENJAMIN b. 20 Sept. 1774: m. Mary Leighton, 14 July 1805. ELIZABETH b. 27 May 1776: d. 4 Jan. 1843. Unm.
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DIAMOND b. 12 June 1778. Unm.
MARY b. 23 Sept. 1780. Unm.
MICHAEL b. 16 Jully 1782: d. in Watertown, Mass., leaving a family. WILLIAM b. 18 Dec. 1784: m. 7 Sept. 1811. Margery Leighton. Lived in Boston. Died in 1839. Ch., William L. b. 29 July 1812: Benjamin b. 6 July 1818 m. 13 July 1844 Lydia A. Kneeland; and Caroline Rebecca m. George M. Bernard.
9. SAMUEL b. 16 Sept. 1786; m. 17 March 1814, Mary Fogg; d. 1 March 1853.
DORCAS b. 3 Aug. 1788: m. William Remick 14 May 1818.
EBENEZER b. 2 Aug. 1790; died young.
LYDIA b. 21 Jan. 1793; m. 26 Sept. 1828; m. Samuel Burleigh, Jr., of Lee, N. H.
JOSEPHI b. 4 June 1795; m. and left ch. in Alexandria, Va .; d. June 1822.
NATHANIEL b. 3 May 1798: m. 26 Dec. 1825. Miriam Fogg ; d. 9 Sept. 1843. Ch. Joseph b. H Sept. 1826; John b. 19 Oct. 1830; Elizabeth b. I Sept. 1832.
7. Timothy Kennard married. 8 Sept. 1779. Abigail, dan. of Alcot and Elizabeth (Ambler ) Stephens of Newmarket, N. H. She died 6 July 1816, aged 63. He died 25 Sept. 1839 Children :
THOMAS b. 12 Nov. 1779: d. 12 Sept. 1807 at Charlestown, S. C. Unm. JOHN b. 2 April 1782. Lived at Newmarket, N. H., and had ch.
TIMOTHY b. 29 March 1785: d. 3 Oct. 1824 in Charleston, S. C. Unm.
Alcor b. 8 Oct. 1787; m. Sarah Brown of St. Johns; d. 10 Aug. 1853. Was a tailor in Boston. Son Henry.
NATHANIEL b. 21 April 1791 : d. 24 June 1791.
ALPHEUS SPRING b. 17 July 1792. Unm.
MARY GARDNER b. 17 Oct. 1795: m. Joseph Fisk. Jr., of Lexington, Mass. 12 Nov. 1829.
ALEXANDER b. 3 April 1798: d. 10 July 1823 in Natchez. Miss. Unm.
FIFTH GENERATION.
8. Benjamin Kennard married. 14 July 1805, Mary, dan. of William and Miriam ( Fernald) Leighton. Children :
W.M. LEIGHTON b. 25 May 1806: m. 6 June 1832. Mary E. Frost. She d. 14 Jan. 1870. Ch .. Edward A. b. 16 July 1833: Emily F. b. 21 Feb. 1835: Sarah A. b. 10 May 1838; Clara B. b. 20 May 1840: Charles W. b. 20 July 1842: Lizzie M. b. o Aug. 1845: George E. b. 2 .April 1849 and (1. 24 July 1850: George E. b. 20 June 1851: Frank E. b. 19 Jan. 1857.
ELIZABETH b. 13 Nov. 1807: m. Stephen Green.
MIRIAM 1. b. 18 Dec. 1811 : m. Samuel Staples.
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MARGARET L. b. 16 June 1815: m. Moses Goodwin 8 Aug. 1841.
BENJAMIN b. 15 Oct. 1818. Unm.
SARAH b. 19 Jan. 1823; died in infancy.
9. Samuel Kennard married, 17 March 1814, Mary, dau. of John and Abigail Fogg. He settled in Litchfield, N. H .. and died 1 March 1853. Children :
JOHN FOGG b. 7 March 1815.
DIMOND b. 29 Sept. 1816.
ELIZA ANN b. 19 Aug. 1818; m. Brooks.
SAMUEL b. 7 April 1820.
JAMES h. 22 May 1822.
JOSEPH FOGG b. 20 Aug. 1824.
ABIGAIL b. 18 April 1827: m. Leonard Moore.
KEY.
John Key was taxed in Dover in 1657 and was living in Ber- wick in 1667. He took the oath of fidelity 19 July 1669. The name of his first wife is unknown. He married (2) Sarah, widow of Jonathan Nason and dau. of Reynold Jenkins. Will, made 13 April 1710, was probated 30 Oct. 1718. He and son Jolin were prisoners at Quebec in 1695, having been captured by Indians. Children were :
JAMES, killed by Indians about 1690. JOHN m. Grizzel Grant. ABIGAIL, captive in Canada 5 March, 1710-11. MARY m. - Wentworth. HANNAH m. John Haines 7 July 1708. ELIZABETH b. 1673: m. Walter Abbot 3 Jan. 1694.
John Key. Jr., married Grizzel, dau. of Peter Grant. She was bapt. 15 April 1703. His will, dated 18 June 1736, was probated 20 Dec. 1737. It names wife Grizzel and following children :
JAMES b. 18 Nov. 1697. Not named in will. JOHN b. 22 Nov. 1699: m. Charity Hooper. MARY b. 15 Dec. 1701 : m. Moses Tibbetts 18 March 1724-5. WILLIAM b. 4 Feb. 1703; m. Mary Hodsdon. PETER. died 18 June 1769, according to Tate's Journal. ABIGAIL., named in will.
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John Kev married Charity, dau. of John and Charity (-) Hooper. His will, dated 28 Feb. 1769, was probated 4 Jan. 1779. Wife Charity is named. Children bapt. at South Berwick.
CHARITY bapt. 26 Oct. 1729: died young.
JAMES bapt. 9 Aug. 1730 : died young.
Joux bapt. 18 March 1732-3.
GRIZZEL bapt. 12 Oct. 1735.
CHARITY bapt. 23 June 1737: m. James Hamilton 29 Dec. 1757.
JAMES bapt. 18 Jan. 1740: d. before 1769. leaving dau. Janc.
BETSPY bapt. 20 Nov. 1748.
William Key married Mary, dau. of Thomas Hodsdon. Children were bapt. at South Berwick :
JOHN bapt. 17 Feb. 1739-40: m. Mchitable Early 9 April 1767.
DANIEL bapt. 24 June 1748.
AxN bapt. 10 Jan. 1741-2.
MARY bapt 26 Feb. 1743-4; m. Aaron Chick, Jr .. 17 Dec. 1763.
HANNAH bapt. 23 March 1745-6: m. Nathaniel Guptil 23 Oct. 1766.
KING.
A Richard King, aged 23, sailed from London to the island of St. Christopher in 1635. Some think him to have been the ancestor of the King family of Kittery. A Richard King was in Kittery in 1649, when he received a conveyance of Champer- nowne's Island, and is mentioned in 1651. April 18. 1653. Brian Pendleton was made administrator of estate of Richard King of Pascataqua, late deceased .- Norfolk Co. Records.
William King of Isles of Shoals died 28 May, 1664, and his son William, under age. was made administrator in 1664 .- N. H. Court Records.
It may be that Gabriel Tetherly m. Susanna, widow of William King, senior, and this is why Richard King is called the son-in-law [step son] of Tetherly in 1606. The children of William King were probably :
WILLIAM m. about 1669. Sarah, dau. of William Palmer. He d. about 1677. leaving ch .. Samuel and Sarah, who are mentioned in 1696.
Joux had a grant in 1671. Wife Hannah. Son Joseph b. ! I Sept. 1704
DANIEL had a grant in 1699: d. about 1727. The Dover Records give the birth of William, son of Daniel and Mary King. 17 March 1698-9. In 1674 Daniel King sold land that had been granted to his father.
RICHARD m. Mary Lydston.
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Richard King married Mary, dau. of George Lydston. York Deeds IV. 138. He was a shipwright, as was also his father. Was selectman in 1711 and 1712. He died about 1723. His widow married, 23 Dec. 1734, Samuel Johnson. Children :
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