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MARY m. James Grant 6 Oct. 1603. SARAH m. Henry Snow.
6. JONATHAN m. Adah Morrell.
ALICE m. Joseph Abbot. ABIGAIL. m. John Abbot 3 Jan. 1694. CHARITY m. Job Emery 6 April 1696.
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3. John Nason, born in 1640, as shown by a deposition, mar- ried (1) 6 Nov. 1674, Hannah, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Hull) Heard of Dover, N. H., (2) 7 Oct. 1697, Bridget Wey- mouth, prob. dau. of Edward and Esther ( Hodsdon) Wey- mouth. He and wife Bridget were received into the church at Berwick 7 Oct. 1716. His will, dated 10 Nov. 1715, was pro- bated 6 Oct. 1719.
7. RICHARD m. Mercy Ham.
JOANNA, named in will. HANNAH In. Nicholas Jellison 23 Dec. 1707.
4. Benjamin Nason married (1) 30 June 1687, Martha, prob. dau. of Thomas, Jr., and Sarah (Taylor) Kenney, or Canney ; (2) Sarah He may have married, 27 Dec. 1709, Elizabeth Furber in Portsmouh, N. H. His will, dated 28 June 1714, was probated II Aug. 1714. Children :
MARY b. 25 Sept. 1689; pub. to Roland Jenkins 13 Aug. 1730.
8. BENJAMIN b. 10 Oct. 1691 ; m. Mary Kennard.
PATIENCE b. 10 Nov. 1693; m. Benjamin Lord 10 Jan. 1709.
IO. WILLIAM b. 10 July 1695; m. Mary Fletcher.
PHOEBE b. 22 Jan. 1698.
ANNA b. 2 May 1700: m. William Jones II Sept. 1720.
SARAH, captured by Indians in 1694 and ransomed in 1699 by Thomas Hutchins. See Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts. May have m. Wm. Divers in Portsmouth 8 Aug. 1725.
LYDIA, named in her father's will.
5. Baker Nason married Elizabeth -- - and lived in Ber- wick. His will, dated 6 Jan. 1724. was probated 30 June 1729. Children :
PATIENCE b. 3 Aug. 1692: m. Joseph Wood 18 Dec. 1712. ELIZABETH b. 23 Aug. 1694: m. Samuel Getchell 9 Nov. 1714.
SARAH b. 4 Oct. 1696: prob. m. Thomas Hutchins. Pub. 26 July 1718. HEPHIZIBALI b. 5 May 1699.
BRIDGET b. 31 March 1701. Not named in will.
II. SAMUEL m. Sarah JOHN m. Margaret -. John Nason and son John bapt. at Eliot July 1736. Daus. Rachel bapt. 27Feb. 1743: Abigail bapt. 7 Aug. 1739. 12. JOSEPH m. Sarah
LYDIA bapt. II Jan. 1727. in Berwick.
MARY bapt. 22 Sept. 1728 at Kittery Point.
PRUDENCE bapt. and owned covenant 18 Jan. 1736 at Kittery Point.
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6. Jonathan Nason married, 27 .April 1702, Adah. dau. of John and Sarah (Hodsdon) Morrell. Both were bapt. and owned the covenant at Berwick 13 April 1712. His will, dated 4 Nov. 1745, was probated 7 April 1746. His wife survived him.
13. RICHARD b. 14 Feb. 1702-3; m. Abigail Libby.
14. JOHN b. 24 Oct. 1704; m. Margaret Lord.
MARY b. 30 Nov. 1706; m. Matthew Libby 3 Sept. 1730.
SARAII b. 25 Nov. 1706; m. James Frost, Jr., of Berwick 25 Dec. 1729. JONATHAN b. 7 Nov. 1710. Living in 1745.
URIANI b. 31 Jan. 1712-3; pub. to Sarah Stone in Wells I Nov. 1740; cl. in 1742, leaving a son Jeremiah b. 23 Sept. 1741. Sarah Nason m. James Boston in Wells 2 Dec. 1743.
ADAH b. 6 Jan. 1714-5; m. Benj. Wormwood of Wells 3 Dec. 1747; d. aged 99.
15. AZARIAH b. 25 July 1716; m. Abigail Staples.
PHILADELPHIA b. 28 Dec. 1719; m. James Rankin of Wells 12 Jan. 1742; (2) 12 Aug. 1756 John Harvey: d. aged 102.
RACHEL b. I May 1724. Not named in father's will.
ELIZABETH b. 27 May 1727; m. James Goold 7 Feb. 1750.
7. Richard Nason married Mercy, dau. of John and Mary (Heard) Ham of Dover. She was born 19 July 1708 and bapt. 20 Aug. 1730. Lived in South Berwick and had the following children baptized there :
16. RICHARD bapt. 31 May 1730: m. Mary Thompson.
17. NATHANIEL bapt. 31 May 1736: m. Meribah Tuttle.
BRIDGET bapt. 31 May 1736.
18. MOSES bapt. 31 May 1736: m. Olive Davis.
SAREI bapt. 31 May 1736: m. Jabez Lord? 15 or 26 Oct. 1752.
8. Benjamin Nason married, 10 Sept. 1710, Mary, dau. of Edward and Elizabeth ( Martyn ) Kennard. Lived in Berwick. Will. 16 Jan. 1756-12 July 1756. Children bapt. in South Berwick.
19. NOAH bapt. 13 Sept. 1713; m. Love ELIZABETH bapt. I Nov. 1713: m. Taylor Goodwin. (2) Peter Grant. MARTHA bapt. 15 April 1716: m. John Goodwin of Kennebunkport.
20. WILLIAM bapt. 4 .Aug. 1717: m. Keziah Lord.
MARY bapt. 28 Feb. 1719-20: m. Daniel Morrison. Jr., of Wells, pub. I June 1744.
JANE bapt. 16 July 1721 : m. Chadbourne ( ?) Warren.
ABIGAIL bapt. 28 Aug. 1722: m. Daniel ( ?) Libby.
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BENJAMIN bapt. 5 April 1724; m. 4 Dec. 1747 Jemima Edgecomb of Biddeford and settled in Limington, Me. He d. in Biddeford, 13 July 1793.
JOHN bapt. 12 Nov. 1727; m. 6 June 1751 Mary Edgecomb, dau. of Robert and sister of Jemima. Lived in Buxton and Limington, Me. See Saco Valley Settlement.
21. JOSHUA bapt. 26 June 1725; m. Sarah Butler.
EDWARD bapt. 4 May 1729; not named in will.
ANN bapt. 10 Aug. 1732; not named in will.
ELISHA bapt. 20 Jan. 1733-4; not named in will.
SARAH bapt. 8 June 1735; m. Timothy Hodsdon 13 July 1753.
IO. William Nason married, at Portsmouth, N. H., II May 1718, Mary, dau. of Nicholas Fletcher and granddaughter of Dr. John Fletcher of Portsmouth. Oct. 9, 1726, William Nason of Portsmouth and Mary his wife sold to his "brother Benjamin Nason of Berwick" six acres south of Pipe Stave Point, "given me by will of my father Benjamin deceased." See deed at Alfred, Me. Evidences point to the following children :
22. WILLIAM m. Mary Hodgkins, 1744.
JOHN FLETCHER m. 20 Dec. 1753, Sarah, dau. of Reuben Sanborn.« See Hist. of Hampton, N. H., for family.
II. Samuel Nason married Sarah His will, dated 27 Sept. 1786, was probated 7 April 1787. Children bapt. at South Berwick.
BRIDGET bapt. 5 April 1731 ; not named in will. ABIGAIL bapt. 5 April 1731 : m. Moses Whitehouse 29 Oct. 1751.
23. SAMUEL bapt. 2 June 1734: m. Mercy MOSES bapt. 30 May 1736: not named in will. SARAH named in will : m. Lord.
DANIEL bapt. 20 May 1740; not named in will.
24. JACOB born 25 Nov. 1741 ; m. Ruth Jenkins.
PRUDENCE bapt. 13 Jan. 1744-5: m. John Nason 26 June 1761.
JOSHUA bapt. 9 Aug. 1747; not named in will. STEPHEN bapt. 21 Jan. 1749-50; m. Molly Jellison 25 Sept. 1776. Ch., Mary and Sarah.
LOVE bapt. 25 March 1752: m. Ichabod Spencer 13 June 1776.
12. Joseph Nason married Sarah Children bapt. at South Berwick were:
25. WILLIAM bapt. 30 June 1734: m. Abigail Wadleigh ?
26. Joux bapt. 26 July 1743; m. Prudence Nason.
JAMES bapt. 26 July 1743. MOLLY bapt. 26 July 1743.
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BETSEY bapt. 26 July 1743; in. 2 Nov. 1758 John Hooper ?
PATIENCE bapt. 22 July 1744; m. Walter Abbot, Jr., 14 May 1761. SARAI bapt. 5 Oct. 1748.
RACHEL bapt. 3 Dec. 1740; m. 30 Nov. 1774 Samuel Hearl of Berwick ?
FOURTH GENERATION.
13. Richard Nason married, 5 Nov. 1725, Abigail, dau. of David and Eleanor Libby. This whole family moved to Cape Elizabeth, Me.
EPHRAIM b. 10 Dec. 1727; see Hist. of Gorham, Me.
ELEANOR b. 20 Sept. 1729; pub. to Jonathan Berry 20 July 1745.
ABIGAIL b. 9 April 1731; m. James Cobb 31 Jan. 1748.
SARAII b. 25 Jan. 1734; pub. to Daniel Small 21 Jan. 1757.
RICHARD b. 27 March 1736; pub. to Eunice Wilson 20 April 1759. ISAAC b. 14 Dec. 1738; m. Sarah Small 13 May 1760.
JONATHAN b. I Aug. 1741 ; m. Sarah Chick 23 Dec. 1761. A Jonathan Nason d. 18 March 1831. aged 93. in Eliot.
URIAH b. 14 Jan. 1743; pub. to Bathsheba Partridge 16 Oct. 1761.
ADAH? m. John Young at Cape Elizabeth 19 Oct. 1769.
ELIZABETH m. Francis Jackson of Cape Elizabeth 14 May 1772.
14. John Nason married Margaret Lord. Pub. 31 Aug. 1734. His will, dated 2 March 1744, was probated 4 April 1748. He probably died while a soldier at Cape Breton.
MARGARET bapt. 3 March 1730-31 ; m. Alexander Jellison 31 Aug. 1749. JOHN bapt. 15 March 1738-9.
EUNICE bapt. 15 March 1738-9; m. Ebenezer Thompson II Aug. 1755. URIAH bapt. 28 June 1744; m. 20 April 1765, Abigail, dau. of William Knight of Windham and settled in Gorham, Me. See Hist. of Gorham.
15. Azariah Nason married Abigail, dau. of James and Mary (Tetherly) Staple. Published 27 March 1742. He died in 1787. His family seems to have been as follows:
27. JAMES b. 1745: m. Lydia Kennard.
REUBEN d. in the Revolutionary Army 30 Sept. 1776.
AZARIAHI m. 26 Oct. 1777 Elizabeth Stevens, or 14 Dec. 1778 Abigail Gowell? Dau. Susannah bapt. 4 March 1783.
28. JOHN b. Sept. 1757: m. Rebecca Perkins 28 Dec. 1777. ADAH? m. Joseph Norton 5 Jan. 1775.
ELIZABETH ? m. Pelatiahi Wittum 27 Aug. 1778.
STEPHEN? Pub. to Mary Jones of Portsmouth 16 May 1779. A Stephen Nason m. 13 Sept. 1787 Mary Brown in Dover.
NATHANIEL? b. 1751: m. in Portsmouth 12 Jan. 1775 Alice Mendum. Dau. Abigail bapt. at Eliot 6 Oct. 1776.
MARY? m. in Portsmouth 16 Jan. 1772. John Hickey.
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16. Richard Nason married Mary Thompson. The follow- ing children were bapt. at South Berwick. He died prob. 25 May 1790.
MOSES bapt. 26 Oct. 1750; m. Lucy Tebbetts 17 Nov. 1763?
MARY bapt. 26 Oct. 1750; m. Richard Shackley 13 April 1768?
SARAH bapt. 26 Oct. 1750; died young.
BETTY bapt. 26 Oct. 1750.
AMos bapt. 26 Oct. 1750; died young.
SARAH bapt. 4 March 1754; m. John Shackley, Jr., of Wells, I June 1773?
NABBY bapt. 4 March 1754.
AMos1 bapt. 3 May 1764; m. Hannah Nason 26 Jan. 1786.
MERCY bapt. 3 May 1764; m. Wm. Wilkinson 7 Feb. 1788?
17. Nathaniel Nason married, 27 April 1748, Meribah Tut- tle. His will, dated 7 Feb. 1779, was probated 20 April 1779. It names wife Meribah and children :
JOHN bapt. 26 Oct. 1750; m. Mary Gerrish I Dec. 1775? Son Nathaniel.
NATHANIEL bapt. 26 Oct. 1750; died young.
29. HAM bapt. 21 Oct. 1752; m. Martha Emery.
30. NATHANIEL bapt. II March 1755; m. Betsey Chadwick.
31. BARTHOLOMEW bapt. 28 July 1757; m. Elizabeth Hooton. DAVID bapt. 8 Oct. 1758.
32. CALEB bapt. 16 Nov. 1760; m. Olive Andros.
DANIEL, named in will; m. Abigail Lord 20 March 1787; d. 15 June 1793. She died 12 Feb. 1845, aged 81.
SARAH, named in will.
MOLLY, named in will: m. Ichabod Marr 6 Dec. 1789.
MARK, named in will ; m. Lydia Marr 10 March 1803.
18. Moses Nason married, 4 Dec. 1758, Olive Davis. Children were bapt. at South Berwick.
EUNICE bapt. 28 Sept. 1760.
FANNY bapt. 27 March 1763.
HANNAH bapt. 14 April 1765.
MICHAEL bapt. I Jan. 1772.
19. Noah Nason married Love --. Children were bapt. at South Berwick.
ANN bapt. 30 Sept. 1744.
ELISHA bapt. 21 Sept. 1746; pub. to Susanna Allen of Wells 5 Oct. 1771. Settled in York, Me.
1The will of Amos Nason of South Berwick, 4 May 1826-16 Oct. 1826, names wife Betsey and children. Fanny wife of Richard Roe; three dumb children, Richard, Abigail and Mary Nason ; Betsey ; William.
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OLIVE bapt. 24 June 1751 ; m. Thomas Spencer 24 June 1787? ABIGAIL, bapt. 23 May 1749.
21. William Nason married Keziah, dau. of Richard and Mary (Goodwin) Lord. Will, 13 June 1788-11 Aug. 1794. He died 14 July 1794, aged 77 years 3 days. Wife died 6 Dec. 1802. Children bapt. at South Berwick.
MARY bapt. 7 April 1745; m. Nicholas Edgecomb of Pepperrellborough, 7 July 1763.
KEZIAHI bapt. 21 June 1747; m. Moses Butler 18 Dec. 1764.
ELIZABETHI bapt. 16 July 1749; died young.
AMY bapt. 4 Aug. 1751; m. William Hodsdon 16 April 1772. SARAII bapt. 30 Dec. 1753; m. John Hubbard I April 1777.
WILLIAM bapt. 25 June 1758; died young.
ELIZABETH bapt. 2 May 1756: m. Samuel Hubbard 4 Feb. 1778. MARTHA, named in will ; m. Aaron Hubbard 16 July 1779.
WILLIAM bapt. 25 March 1764; died young.
BENJAMIN bapt. 15 May 1768; died young.
33. NATHAN bapt. 9 Dec. 1770; m. Polly Emery.
21. Joshua Nason married, 2 Dec. 1747, Sarah, dau. of Capt. Moses and Mercy ( Wentworth) Butler, (2) 24 Jan. 1771 Abigail Curtis, (3) HI March 1798 Mary Miller. He lived in Kenne- bunk, Me. Children :
MARY bapt. at South Berwick 14 Aug. 1748.
MOSES m. Mary Deering 28 Oct. 1781.
JACOB.
SARAH bapt. at Blackberry Hill 3 Aug. 1755.
EDWARD b. 1756; m. Sarah Merrill 14 June 1779; d. 14 March 1847.
BENJAMIN m. Abigail Currier 30 Jan. 1788.
JOSHUA m. Sarah Dyer 27 Aug. 1785. SUSAN.
Children by second marriage :
WM. BRACY m. Mary Durrill 10 Feb. 1810. ABIGAIL m. Jacob Curtis 14 June 1797.
22. William Nason married Mary Hodgkins, perhaps dau. of Jedediah and Saralı ( Millett ) Hodgkins. They were pub- lished in old Falmouth, Me .. 16 Nov. 1744. At a Court of Pro- bate held at Portsmouth, N. H., before Judge Andrew Wiggin, 29 June 1748. administration of the estate of William Nason, late of Falmouth, deceased, was granted unto his widow Mary Nason. See N. 11. Wills, Vol. XI. 249. June 28, 1762. Benj.
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Mackey was chosen guardian of Samuel Nason, a minor, upwards of fourteen years of age, son of William Nason late of Portsmouth, deceased intestate. In an old Bible this Samuel Nason wrote, "My dear and Hon Mother departed this life Apr. 15 1763 about 8 o'clock in the morning in the 35 year of her Eag having layn sick of the consumption. She died in full assurance of going to a life Eternal and finished her race like a truly exem- plary Christian." The only child known is :
34. SAMUEL b. I Feb. 1744-5 ; m. Mary Shores, (2) Joanna Tilden Moulton.
23. Samuel Nason married Mercy , and had the fol- lowing children bapt. at South Berwick.
MARY bapt. 15 Oct. 1758.
SAMUEL bapt. 22 March 1759: died young.
SAMUEL bapt. 7 March 1762.
24. Jacob Nason married 28 Sept. 1772. Ruth Jenkins at Portsmouth, N. H., and settled in Acton, Me. He died 5 Nov. 1814. His wife, born 13 June 1754, died 10 Oct. 1846. Children were :
DORCAS JENKINS bapt. at South Berwick 8 Aug. 1773.
BETSEY b. 6 June 1777 : d. 1855. Unm. RUTH m. Hawkins of Acton, Me.
MARGARET b. 1780.
STEPHEN m. Betsey Marsh. II ch.
SAMUEL m. Martha Goodwin. 4 ch.
BENJAMIN b. 5 May 1789; m. Mary Goodwin 25 Dec. 1812; d. 26 March 1854. Wife b. 26 Oct. 1795 and d. 26 Aug. 1886. Ch. Calvin b. 6 Dec. 1823 (m. Mary E. Grant of Acton 9 May 1852 and had ch .. Sarah, Mary and Elmer) and Marcia b. 27 Oct. 1731 m. Clark Nason of Acton I Jan. 1862.
25. William Nason married, probably Abigail Wadleigh 4 April 1758. He prob. m. (2) 24 Nov. 1765, Hannah Hodsdon. Children bapt. at S. Berwick.
DORCAS bapt. 8 Nov. 1761. Lois bapt. 11 May 1766. WILLIAM bapt. 30 Nov. 1773. HANNAH bapt. 30 Nov. 1773. JOSEPH bapt. 30 Nov. 1773. JAMES bapt. 30 Nov. 1773. ABRAHAM bapt. 30 Nov. 1773.
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26. John Nason married, 26 June 1761, Prudence, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (- ) Nason. Children bapt. at S. Berwick.
SUSANNA bapt. 7 Oct. 1764.
JOHN bapt. 22 March 1767.
FIFTH GENERATION.
27. James Nason married, I Nov. 1770, Lydia, dau. of Michael and Dorcas ( Hammond) Kennard. He died 16 Feb. 18II. She died 10 Feb. 1836. Lived in Eliot. Children, besides several who died in infancy, were:
DORCAS b. 12 June 1771; m. Samuel Fowler 9 Aug. 1792; d. 12 Aug. 1832.
35. JOHN b. 19 April 1775: m. Mary H. Tetherly. ELISHA b. 3 May 1778: died at sea. LYDIA b. 5 July 1781 : m. Diamond Tetherly 26 Nov. 1801. WILLIAM b. 22 July 1783 : died at sea.
36. JAMES b. I June 1785: m. Sally Remick. BETSEY RAYNES b. 3 Oct. 1791.
28. John Nason married. 28 Dec. 1777, Rebecca Perkins of Dover. N. H. He died in Dover 10 Nov. 1827. Wife died 24 Dec. 1848, aged about 95 years. Their only child who lived to have a family was Reuben, b. 7 April 1779. He graduated at Harvard in 1802, and studied for the ministry with Rev. Jesse Appleton. D.D. Was first preceptor of Gorham Academy. Me., in 1806. He married 14 Oct. 1807. Apphia, dau. of Hon. Josiah and Apphia ( Mayo) Thacher of Gorham, Me., (2) 17 Nov. 1813 Martha, dau. of James and Martha ( Mclellan) Coffin. Died in Clarkson, N. Y .. 25 Jan. 1835. Has many descendants in the West.
20. Ham Nason married. 14 April 1775. Martha Emery. He settled in Acton, Me., and had :
PATTY m. Josiah Trafton. BETSEY m. Simon Ricker. HANNAH 1. Lucy m. Nehemiah Patch. GEORGE.
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30. Nathaniel Nason married, perhaps, (1) Betsey Man- ning 26 Feb. 1789, m. (2) Betsey Chadwick 19 Feb. 1797. His will, 13 May 1818-17 Aug. 1818 names Ruth Quimby, single woman, and her daughter, Asenath Nason, nephew Nathaniel son of brother John Nason, daughter Sabina Grant, Lucas I. C. Nason, and Hope Nason, and the following children evidently by the second marriage. He was a Rev. soldier. He died 27 July 1818, aged 64.
CLARISSA HARLOW b. 28 Oct. 1797.
ARLBERRY MANDELBERT b. 28 Oct. 1800.
THOMAS JEFFERSON b. 5 March 1803; not named in will.
EDGAR MANDELBERT b. 13 Nov. 1805.
31. Bartholomew Nason, born in S. Berwick 8 June 1756, married, 17 Oct. 1776, Elizabeth Hooton of Boston. She was born 10 Jan. 1757 and died 13 Sept. 1821. He lived in Boston till about 1798, then moved to S. Berwick and died there 10 Feb. 1822. He was a store-keeper. Children were born in Boston.
THOMAS HOOTON b. 24 Dec. 1777: d. 3 Feb. 1829. Unm.
NATHANIEL b. 28 Jan. 1780; d. 18 May 1805.
ELIZABETH b. 24 Feb. 1782; d. 18 Dec. 1853. Unm.
BARTHOLOMEW b. 13 July 1784: m. 17 Jan. 1809 Hannah Craig, (2) 16 April 1833. Mrs. Elizabeth Goodale of Hallowell. Me .. (3) 24 Jan. 1842 Mrs. Lydia Theobald Wood. He d. in Hallowell, Me., 23 March 1858. See Hist. of Augusta.
JOHN b. I Sept. 1786: m. 31 May ISII Apphia Hanscom? d. in Augusta, Me .. Oct. 1867.
BENJAMIN b. 7 Aug. 1788: m. Olivia S. Hubbard 7 Dec. 1815. She b. Nov. 1794 and d. 21 Oct. 1885 in S. Berwick.
SAMUEL RUSSELL b. I March 1791: m. Charlotte Palmer; d. 14 Aug. 1868 in Brooklyn, N. Y.
MARK b. 3 May 1793: m. Olive Craig : d. in Fayette, Me., 15 Aug. 1878. DANIEL b. 7 Feb. 1795: d. 25 Oct. 1795.
DANIEL b. 7 July 1796: m. Hannah - Many years Supt. of Bos- ton and Providence R. R. Died in Boston 4 March 1872. Wife d. 15 Feb. 1872.
32. Caleb Nason married 17 Feb. 1780 Olive Andros, (2) 27 Jan. 1793 Polly Day. He lived in Shapleigh, Me. Children by first marriage :
ROBERT b. 1781 : m. I Dec. 1803 widow Martha (Goodwin) Varney and lived in South Berwick. Children. Daniel b. I July 1804 m. Mary Jelli-
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son. They had son Robert b. 9 April 1836, who m. Ellen Oxford of Eliot and had son Charles O. b. 11 April 1864. The last lives at South Ber- wick, Me. ; also Mark b. 30 Nov. 1832; John b. I Feb. 1834 d. 23 March 1890; Stephen b. 12 Feb. 1838 m. 6 Sept. 1856 Adah E. Thompson, s. p .; Daniel b. 25 Feb. 1840; Mary Jane b. 31 Dec. 1841 m. John White; Augus- tus d. at age of 18.
37. WILLIAM b. 15 May 1784; m. Sarah Wilkinson.
MARY d. in Shapleigh.
Children by second marriage :
ABIGAIL m. Elihu Webber.
HARRIET m. Aaron Webber.
BETSEY m. Thomas McKenney of Portland, Me.
33. Nathan Nason married, 19 July 1792, Polly, dau. of Job and Polly ( Hubbard) Emery. He d. 8 Nov. 1826, at S. Berwick. She b. 7 Jan. 1773 and d. 27 March 1821.
MARY b. 24 Nov. 1793; m. Daniel Goodwin of Eliot.
MARTHIA b. I July 1795. Unm.
WILLIAM b. 13 Jan. 1797; m. Betsey Nason; d. 19 July 1879. Wife
d. 10 Sept. 1871, aged 81 years 6 months.
Lois b. 24 Jan. 1799; m. Samuel Fox of Great Falls, N. H.
KEZIAH b. 26 Feb. 1801 ; m. George Fishley of Portsmouth, N. H.
NATHAN b. 23 Nov. 1802; d. 29 Nov. 1802.
ELIZABETHI b. 8 Jan. 1804; m. Daniel Thompson of Wells, Me.
SARAH ANN b. 6 Dec. 1805; m. Charles Dove of Great Falls, N. H. ALMIRA b. 18 Jan. 1808: d. 18 Feb. 1839.
SUSANNAH b. 23 Sept. 1809; m. Nathan Record of Peoria, Il1.
FREDERICK b. 20 Aug. 1811 ; d. 30 March 1821.
NATHAN b. 9 March 1813; unm.
ANN MARIA b. 3 Aug. 1815 : d. 4 July 1838.
34. Samuel Nason married ( 1) 8 Aug. 1765, Mary, dau. of Peter and Susannah ( Ball) Shores, at Stratham, N. H. In the same year he settled at York, Me., where his wife died 28 Aug. 1774. She was born at Portsmouth, N. H., 14 March 1744-5. Her tombstone1 at York commemorates her virtues.
1An article in the New England Magazine. Angust, 1902, pp. 693-4, records a local tradition that the grave of Mrs. Nason is called "the witch's grave," and gives a picture of it. I have visited the grave and copied the inscription. It is some rods from any other grave and its entire length is covered by a thick, rough slab of granite. The family has been unknown in York for more than a century. These facts prob-
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He married, (2) 4 March 1778, Mrs. Joanna Tilden Moulton, widow of Brig. Gen. Moulton. Samuel Nason removed to Sanford, Me., in 1778 and died at Balston Spa, N. Y., 17 Aug. 1800.
He served in the Revolution as Quartermaster, Ensign and Captain, and was afterward called Major. He was clerk and selectman in Sanford many years, was a delegate to the Con- stitutional Convention for the ratification of the Federal Con- stitution and was Deputy to the General Court in 1787. See Hist. of Sanford, Me. Children :
PETER b. 15 April 1766: d. 16 Dec. 1784.
38. WILLIAM b. 15 Aug. 1767; m. Jane Frost 29 March 1796. SUSANNAH b. 6 Nov. 1768; m. Jesse Colcord 27 Nov. 1791.
SAMUEL b. 12 Oct. 1770; died in infancy. GEO. HODGKINS b. 15 Oct. 1771; m. Phebe Littlefield I July 1797.
SAMUEL b. 15 Oct. 1771 ; died same day.
MARY b. 25 Sept. 1773; m. Naphtali Hammond, 3d, 22 March 1791.
Children by second marriage :
THOMAS b. 6 June 1779: m. Sally Frost 17 Feb. 1813; d. 16 Oct. 1825. HARRIET b. 31 Oct. 1782; m. Elisha Allen 8 April 1803.
JOANNA b. 15 Feb. 1785; m. Philip Hall 22 Oct. 1797 . SOPHIA b. 28 May 1787 ; m. Joseph Webster.
ably account for the witch tradition. The inscription certainly indicates a woman of worth, tenderly loved. It is as follows :
"Here rests quite free from Life's Distressing Care A loving wife A tender Parent dear ; Cut down in midst of days As you may see, But-stop-my grief ; I soon shall equal be, When death shall stop my breath ; And end my Time: God grant my Dust May mingle, then, with thine. Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Mary Nasson, wife of Mr. Samuel Nasson, who departed this life Augst. 28th. 1774. Aetat 29."
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35. John Nason married, 5 Aug. 1804, Mary H. Tetherly, who was born 4 Jan. 1780. He died 30 Oct. 1830. Lived in Eliot.
MARTHA BOWMAN b. 6 Jan. 1805.
ELIZABETH ANN b. 23 March 1807; m. 23 March 1831 Eliot Leighton ; d. 19 April 1883.
JOHN b. 8 Jan. 1812.
MARY b. 22 Dec. 1813.
LYDIA b. 31 Jan. 1818.
CAROLINE D. b. I Feb. 1821 ; m. 10 Nov. 1841 Horatio Bird of Spring- field, Mass.
ALEXANDER b. II July 1823.
SARAII b. I Feb. 1826.
36. James Nason married, 23 Oct. 1809, Sally Remick. He died 9 Feb. 1840. She died 10 Dec. 1839. Lived in Eliot.
SOPHIA b. 20 April 1811.
ELISHA b. 4 March 1814.
WILLIAM b. 1816; d. 24 Oct. 1854; m. Huldah Jones 15 April 1844? OLIVER b. I Feb. 1829?
37. William Nason married, 4 Jan. 1810, Sarah, dau. of George and Mehitable ( Whitehouse) Wilkinson of Berwick. For many years he was a miller at Sturgeon Creek, Eliot. He died 28 Feb. 1857. Ilis wife died 1 April 1883. aged 97 yrs. II mos. Children :
30. ROBERT b. 17 Sept. 1810: m. Hannah Chick 12 Nov. 1831. CALEB D. 18 June 1813: d. unm.
EZEKIEL b. 26 June 1816: died young. Unm.
FREDERICK . 1 July 1818: died young. Unm. MARY D. 17 April 1820: m. Gilman Raitt 2 Nov. 1743.
HANNAH b. 22 May 182 !: m. 1846, Samuel P. Treadwell of Ports- mouth, N. H.
MEHITABLE b. 22 Dec. 1826: m. 1848. James S. Woodman of Bangor.
38. William Nason married. 29 March 1796. Jane, dau. of Simon and Jane ( Emery ) Frost of Kittery. Lived in Sanford, Me. He died 18 Nov. 1830. His wife died 18 June 1832.
SAMUEL b. 5 March 1707: d. H1 March 1815. MARY SHORES b. 2 Aug. 1798: d. 10 June 1816. JANE EMERY b. IT Sept. 1800: d. 21 May 1823.
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SUSANNAH b. 5 July 1802; d. 19 July 1825.
W.M. HENRY b. 3 June 1804; m. Mary H. Norris, (2) Charlotte Fisk, (3) Lydia D. Kenniston ; d. 28 March 1877 at Springfield, N. H.
LYDIA FROST b. 28 July 1806; m. Ordway; d. 24 Feb. 1863 at Hallowell, Me.
NATHANIEL FROST b. 17 Sept. 1808; m. Mary H. Richardson; d. 24 Sept. 1886 at Weeks Mills, Me.
SOPHIA FROST b. 10 June 1810; d. Oct. 1812.
JOSEPH FROST b. 29 June 1813; m. (1) 23 July 1843 Mary Thompson Welch. who was born at Brunswick, Me., 10 March 1813, dau. of Daniel and Hannah Smith (Thompson) Welch. She died 3 Aug. 1852. He m. (2) Mrs. Susan B. Sherman I Jan. 1854. He d. at Hallowell, Me., 27 Oct. 1877. Widow d. 25 March 1884. Ch., Charles H. b. 25 Nov. 1845, m. Emma Huntington and lives in Augusta, Me., having one son, Prof. Arthur H. Nason; Aroline b. 26 Feb. 1850 d. 27 Sept. 1851; and Edwin Francis b. 23 Oct. 1851.
HANNAH S. b. 16 Sept. 1816; m. Norton; d. 26 Aug. 1858 at Bangor, Me.
SAMUEL STACY b. 9 May 1818; m. Hannah Bradbury; d. 3 July 1855 at Bangor, Me.
SIMON FROST b. 24 Feb. 1821 ; d. 31 March 1857 at Lawrence, Mass.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
39. Robert Nason married, 12 Nov. 1831, Hannah Chick and lived in Eliot. He died 24 Jan. 1876. She died 24 April 1898, aged 86 yrs. 3 mos. 16 days.
WILLIAM b. 19 Dec. 1836: m. 12 Nov. 1863 Lizzie E. Lake. Ch .. George W. b. 26 Dec. 1864 m. Sarah Bartlett : Edith B. b. 23 July 1866 m. John Dame of Dover: Loretta b. 22 Sept. 1870 m. Henry Crosby; and Willard E. b. 7 Nov. 1872 m. Annie
SAMUEL b. 24 May 1833: m. 30 Aug. 1893 Lizzie Carlton of Providence, R. I.
CYNTHIA b. 6 Oct. 1838; m. Oct. 1864 James H. Kimball. One son, James E.
MARIA V. b. 29 March 1841: m. 10 Nov. 1862 George W. Raitt, (2) James B. Freeman.
SARAH JANE b. 18 Feb. 1839; m. 6 Sept. 1853 Henry M. Raitt.
.A Joshua Nason of Berwick married, 9 March 1780, Betsey Thompson and had the following children recorded :
Lydia b. 8 Jan. 1781 : Sarah b. 29 Oct. 1782; Hannah b. 10 March 1785 : James b. 27 Dec. 1786: Betsey b. 25 Jan. 1789; Mary b. 24 Oct. 1790; Agnes b. 13 Aug. 1792: Edmund b. 2 March 1795: Temple b. 15 March 1707: David b. 8 April 1799: Joshua b. 13 Dec. 1801 ; Matilda b. 23 Sept. 1787 (sic): Lucy b. 2 Dec. 1792 (sic.)
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