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HANNAH b. I June 1710: m. James Fernald. Pub. 30 Oct. 1730. MARY b. 2 July 1713: m. John Godsoe 13 Sept. 1741.
MARGARET b. 31 Jan. 1715-6; m. Samuel Libby. Pub. 6 Sept. 1735. KEZIAH b. 5 March 1717-8: m. Benaiah Hanscom. Pub. 27 Oct. 1739.
JOHN b. 5 Oct. 1723: unmarried. Adm. of his est. gr. to brother George 2 March 1773.
FOURTH GENERATION.
2. George Rogers married Joanna, dau. of Dea. James and Mary ( -- ) Fernald. Pub. 25 Dec. 1736. Will, 24 Dec. 1779-10 April 1780. Lived at Long Reach. Wife survived him. Children all named in will.
3. GEORGE bapt. 28 Oct. 1739: m. Mary Fernald 30 Aug. 1770.
ABIGAIL. bapt. 28 Oct. 1739: unm. in 1779.
MARY bapt. 20 Nov. 1743: unm. in 1779: m. Stephen Tobey 26 Oct. 1786?
JAMES bapt. II June 1749: unm. Will. 1798.
EUNICE bapt. I Sept. 1751 : d. 24 March 1816. Unm.
JOANNA bapt. 26 May 1754. Unm.
JOHN bapt. 3 July 1757: m. Nancy Fernald 26 Dec. 1790: d. 4 March 1815. She d. 19 Jan. 1852, aged 89. A dau., Eunice, b. 25 Dec. 1791, d. unm. 21 Feb. 1882.
NATHANIEL, m. and 1. at Eliot Neck. A son Edward b. 1763, was drowned 21 July 1819. George Rogers of Kittery, laborer. deeded to Joshua Cottle, 7 Feb. 1802, seven acres in Kittery, "where my father Nathaniel Rogers deceased formerly lived." In 1806 Peter Morrell of Berwick was made guardian of Daniel Rogers, minor above 14. son of Nathaniel Rogers of Kittery.
RICHARD bapt. 12 Aug. 1760 : m. 19 Sept. 1799. Lydia, dau. of John and Lydia (Weare) Reed of York. He d. about 1805. A posthumous child, Olive, was b. 25 Feb. 1806. m. 19 Jan. 1829. Joseph Dixon, Jr., and d. 23 July 1888. The widow of Richard Rogers mn. 9 June 1809. Tobias Hanscom.
HANNAH m. Stephen Remick 3 June 1773.
FIFTH GENERATION.
3. George Rogers married, 30 Aug. 1770, Mary Fernald and lived in Berwick. He had children, and among them were :
MOLLY bapt. 15 June 1784.
4. THOMAS m. Mary Pray, 6 Dec. 1798.
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SIXTH GENERATION.
4. Thomas Rogers married Mary Pray, as said above, and lived in Kittery for a while, having inherited the estate of his uncle Richard and also part of the estate of his uncle James. He moved to Berwick, where he married (2) a widow Quinby. Children :
THOMAS m. Martha Brackett 2 Nov. 1828.
5. JouN P. b. March 1803; m. Elizabeth Hammond.
JAMES m. Rachel Libby, 24 Feb. 1827. Ch .. George, Leonard, Sarah m. - - Day.
GEORGE m. Mary E. Spinney. 26 Dec. 1833: 1. in Portsmouth.
CAROLINE, unmarried.
STEPHEN, lived in Alabama.
MARK m. and lived in Lowell. Mass.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
5. John Pray Rogers married, 24 Jan. 1822. Elizabeth H., dau. of Joseph and Mary ( Fernald) Hammond, who was born I March 1802 and died 13 Nov. 1876. He died 20 June 1843. Lived on the old homestead in Eliot. He made the bricks for the factory at South Berwick landing. Was Captain in the militia and Representative in 1841-2. Children :
6. JOHN H. b. 15 Aug. 1822: m. Adaline P. Hanscom.
7. CHARLES W. b. 9 Oct. 1824: m. Mary Abigail Paul.
MARY E. b. 8 Feb. 1827: m. Daniel P. Clark of Portsmouth, N. H.
EDWIN b. July 1825 :m. 1859 Sarah Frances Shapleigh. Ch .. Lillie and Daisy. He lives in Boston.
SARATI E. b. 1832: m. James K. Johnston. a native of North Carolina ; d. 16 Nov. 1862.
EVERETT b. 1835 : d. 2 May 1839.
OLIVER b. 1838: d. 2 March 1843.
CAROLINE A. b. 1840 : d. 24 Oct. 1859.
EIGHTH GENERATION.
6. John H. Rogers married, ( 1) 16 April 1847, Adaline P .. dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Shapleigh) Hanscom, (2) II July 1867. Mrs. Emily D. (Shorey) Bartlett, widow of Justin Bartlett. He was thirty years a moulder in Kittery Navy Yard. Children :
WILLIS M. b. March 1850: d. 11 Sept. 1874.
WALTER C. m. 3 July 1875. Vienna Spinney. Lives in Chelsea. Mass. 4 ch.
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JOHN E. m. 8 June 1879, Alma E. Spinneq. Lives in Somerville, Mass. 3 ch.
PHAREZ E. m. 21 Feb. 1880, Abbie M. Knight, (2) Sarah ----. Lives in Manchester, N. H.
FANNIE, died young.
Child by second marriage :
BERTHA E. m. 18 Oct. 1891 Fred E. Cummings of Boston, Mass.
.7 Charles W. Rogers married, I April 1855, Mary Abigail Paul. He lives on a part of the original Rogers estate in Eliot. Children :
IDA A. m. 8 Nov. 1873. David Urch of Portsmouth, N. H.
ABBIE E. m. 1 May 1882 Martin P. Tobey.
ALMA m. Fred Eustis of Boston, Mass.
JAMES K. P. m. I Aug. 1886 Angie A. Dame. Physician in South Portland. Me.
ROGERS.
Rev. Nathaniel Rogers was the son of Rev. John and Eliza- beth (Gould) Rogers of Dedham. England, and is said to have been descended from John Rogers, the martyr. He married Margaret Crane. came to New England in November 1636 and becme pastor at Ipswich, Mass., 20 Feb. 1638. Died in 1655.
His son, John, born in 1630, was fifth President of Harvard College. He married Elizabeth Dennison and died in 1684.
Their son John, born 1666, graduated at Harvard in 1684, .married Martha Wittingham 4 March 1691 and became assist- ant preacher to his father.
These had son John, born in Ipswich in 1692. He gradu- ated at Harvard in 1711, married 16 Oct. 1718 Susannah, dau. of Major John and Katharine (Leighton) Whipple of Ipswich and cousin of William Whipple of Kittery. She was born 3 April 1696 and died 22 Oct. 1779. Rev. John Rogers settled in what is now Eliot 25 Oct. 1721 and died there 16 Oct. 1773. See page 199. Children :
JOHN b. 7 Aug. 1719 in Ipswich. Mass. Harvard 1739. Librarian at Harvard. Married 16 Oct. 1744 Susannah Allen, (2) 28 Jan. 1748 Mary Ellery. (3) 2 April 1770 Abigail Woodward. He became the minister at Gloucester. Mass .. in 1743 and d. 4 Oct. 1782.
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TIMOTHY b. 8 Sept. 1721; d. 22 June 1766.
WILLIAM b. I Oct. 1723; d. 5 June 1747.
CATIIARINE b. 2 Dec. 1725; m. Dea. Wm. Leighton; d. s. p. 17 March 1750.
NATHANIEL b. 27 April 1728; d. 7 Aug. 1728.
NATHANIEL b. 2 Aug. 1729: m. Abigail Hammond.
MARTHA b. 14 Jan. 1731-2; m. 1764, John Hill; d. 9 Nov. 1788.
DANIEL b. 6 Oct. 1734; m. (1) 6 Nov. 1759 Elizabeth Gorham, (2) March 1770 Rachel Ellery. Lived at Gloucester, Mass. Died 15 Jan. 1800.
MARY b. 4 Jan. 1737-8; m. 30 April 1756 Capt. Thomas Hammond; d. June 1819.
Nathaniel, son of Rev. John Rogers, married, 30 April 1756, Abigail, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Adams) Hammond. He died 25 March 1803. She died 10 Aug. 1809. Children :
Lucy b. 1759; d. 19 July 1835. Unm.
NATHANIEL b. 13 Oct. 1760; m. Lucy Moody.
Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Rogers, married. 1786, Lucy Moody of York. She was born 19 June 1768 and died 22 March 1819. He died 30 Oct. 1830, aged 70. Children :
ABIGAIL b. 20 Aug. 1786: m. Joseph Nash and 1. at Great Falls, N. H. MARTHA b. 18 Jan. 1790; d. 31 Aug. 1829. Unm.
CAPT. JOHN b. 25 Aug. 1795; m. Martha Bean. who d. 29 July 1852, aged 58. (2) Eunice H. - who d. 24 Oct. 1900, aged 81. He d. 29 April 1867, aged 74.
SHUBAEL GORHAM b. 12 July 1799; m. Annie, dau. of Capt. Thomas Howe of Baltimore. He d. 19 July 1841. She d. I April 1850. aged 45.
NATHANIEL b. 23 Feb. 1803: m. Phebe Walker of Portsmouth, N. H .; d. in Buffalo, N. Y. 24 Dec. 1853.
WILLIAM DUMMER b. 4 Sept. 1809; m. Mary. dau. of John Hammond ; d. 25 Dec. 1841.
ROSS.
Solomon Ross married, 4 Jan. 1730-31, Sarah Hooper, and had children, Solomon b. 19 May 1731, and Stephen b. 8 May 1733.
Hugh Ross came from Belfast. Ireland, and married, 19 Feb. 1727. Hester, dau. of Nicholas and Abigail ( Hodsdon) Gowen. Lived in northern part of Eliot. The name of his second wife
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was Patience. According to Tate's Journal, Hugh Ross of Ber- wick was buried 2 March 1776. Children by first marriage :
WILLIAM bapt. June 1732; m. widow Sarah (Chadbourne) Smith s. p. He became insane.
JOHN bapt. 6 Oct. 1734.
SARAH ? m. James Hodsdon, 19 Dec. 1765.
Children by second marriage :
MARGARET bapt. 21 June 1739; m. Joshua Staples.
ESTHER bapt. 21 June 1739.
ELIZABETH bapt. 22 April 1744.
PATIENCE bapt. 19 July 1747.
JONATHAN bapt. 5 April 1749: m. Joanna Ricker.
HANNAH bapt. 4 Nov. 1750; m. Jonathan Welch 22 Dec. 1779.
HUGH. JR., ? m. Mary Libby 27 Oct. 1774.
SIMON bapt. II May 1755. at Blackberry Hill, "son of Hugh and Patience Ross."
Jonathan, son of Hugh Ross, married Joanna, dau. of Noah Ricker of Berwick. Children :
SIMON b. 18 May 1775; m. Patty Shackley, (2) Abigail Burleigh.
NOAH m. Phebe Thompson.
HUGH b. 20 June 1779; m. Elizabeth Clifford.
JONATHAN b. 3 June 1781; m. Mary Goodwin.
JAMES b. 19 Dec. 1788; m. Love Huntress.
TIMOTHY.
STEPHEN.
GIDEON m. Eliza Huntress.
JOSEPH.
BETSEY m. John Stanley.
JOANNA m. Joshua Trafton.
SAFFORD.
Thomas Safford settled in Ipswich, Mass., prior to 1630. He had a son John born in 1633. Thomas, son of John, was born in Ipswich 16 Oct. 1672. He had a son Thomas born 28 April 1703 in Rowley, Mass. Moses, son of the last named Thomas Safford, was born in 1746. He married ( 1) Mary, dau. of Nathan Hood of Topsfield. Mass .. (2) Mary, dau. of Andrew Sargent of York,
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Me. He became a resident of York about 1768. Will 23 Nov. 1818-14 Aug. 1820. Children were by first marriage.
JOHN b. 19 Sept. 1769; m. and left children.
MOSES b. 9 March 1771 : m. Sarah Mitchell.
JEREMIAH b. 20 May 1772. Not named in will.
ISRAEL PUTNAM b. 14 Aug. 1775; m. and left children.
Children by second marriage :
THOMAS b. 5 April 1778. ELIZABETHI b. 12 Nov. 1780.
Moses, son of Moses and Mary ( Hood) Safford, married Sarah, dau. of Roger and Abigail ( Gerrish ) Mitchell of Kittery. Their children were :
ROGER MITCHELI b. 31 July 1795. Soldier of the War of. 1812. Died in Dartmoor Prison. Eng., in 1814.
MARY HOOD b. 2 Sept. 1797: m. James Pettegrew.
SARAH ANN b. 6 Sept. 1799.
ABIGAIL MITCHELL b. 30 July 1801.
MOSES b. 22 June 1804: d. 28 April 1816.
EDWARD DEERING b. 17 July 1806; m. Mary R. Lewis.
ROBERT GERRISH b. 4 Jan. 1809: m. Louisa Boston of York: d. at Springfield, Wis., 16 Oct. 1891. Ch., Robert H., Mary A., Louisa, Alice. HANNAH JANE b. 29 Oct. 1811.
Edward D., son of Moses and Sarah ( Mitchell) Safford, mar- ried. 22 Dec. 1832. Mary R., dau. of David Lewis of Kittery. He died 19 Aug. 1856. Children :
MOSES A. b. 28 Sept. 1833: m. Catharine C. Bellamy 29 Nov. 1866.
EDWARD F. b. 29 Aug. 1835: d. 16 Oct. 1898; m. Eunice G. Seward. Mar. 15. 1868.
Joux S .. b. 21 Sept. 1837: m. Lizzie G. Frost of Dover, N. H., 12 May 1857.
ANN W. b. 1840; died in infancy.
Children of Moses A. and Catherine C . ( Bellamy ) Safford.
MOSES VICTOR b. 13 Dec. 1867. Graduated at Dartmouth. 1890. Phy- sician in New York City.
MARY BELLAMY b. 29 Jan. 1869.
EDWARD 11. b. 20 July 1871. Dartmouth. 1894. Lawyer in Boston.
SCAMMON.
Richard Scammon was of Portsmouth, N. H., in 1642. He may have been father of Richard who m. 1661. Prudence, only dau. of William Waldron, of John of Kittery who had a dau.
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Elizabeth Atkins, of Ame or Annie who was second wife of Major Richard Waldron of Dover, and of Elisabeth who m. ( I) 1648, Peter Lidget, (2) 1680, Hon. John Saffin, whose will in 1680 names these four.
Humphrey Scammon, perhaps son of Richard, was born in 1640. He lived at Kittery Point in 1677, removed to Wells, thence to Cape Porpoise, where he had a town grant in 1679, thence to Saco, where he was admitted to citizenship 12 June 1680, and thence moved back to Kittery during the Indian Wars. Wife's name was Elizabeth.1 He died I Jan. 1727. Children were :
HUMPHREY b. at Kittery 10 May 1677: m. Elizabeth Jordan.
SAMUEL m. abt. 1712 Margery Deering. who d. 10 Oct. 1740, aged 50; (2) Elizabeth Stinson of Biddeford. Int. Rec. 5 Sept. 1741. He died in 1752. aged 58. leaving ch. Samuel. John and Ebenezer.
ELIZABETH m. 15 July 1698 Andrew Haley.
MARY m. Hezekiah. son of John Purington.
REBECCA m. John Billing.
Capt. Humphrey Scammon, Jr .. b. 10 May 1677, m. (prob. second marriage) about 1714 Eizabeth, dau. of Dominicus and Hannah ( Tristram) Jordan. He died in Saco 31 May 1734. She was b. in 1690 and d. in 1746. Children were :
HANNAH m. Capt. Alison Brown. ELIZABETH m. Capt. Ichabod Goodwin 25 Aug. 1722. MARY. Captured by Indians in 1724: m. M. Dunincour of Quebec. SARAH m. Joseph Hanson of Dover 25 Aug. 1737: d. 2 Sept. 1738. HUMPHREY b. 2 March 1717: m. Susanna Shapleigh.
DOMINICUS b. 22 May 1719: m. 1741. Rebecca Smith ; d. 1745. JAMES b. I Aug. 1721 : m. Hannah Plaisted : d 1753. Five ch. NATHANIEL. b. 6 Feb. 1723: d. at Cape Breton in 1745. BENJAMIN b. 9 May 1727 : d. 1745.
JEREMIAH b. 12 May 1720: 1. 29 May 1729.
Humphrey, son of Humphrey and Elizabeth (Jordan) Scam- mon. married, Oct. 1738. Susanna. dau. of Nicholas and Martha ( Langdon) Shapleigh and lived to a great age in Kittery. Children were :
SARAII bapt. Aug. 1739: died young. HUMPHREY bapt. Aug. 1741 : m. Elizabeth Richardson. Joux bapt. 7 July 1745 : died young. ELIZABETH bapt. 29 Nov. 1749: d. 1838. Unm. DOMINICEs bapt. 1749. Unm.
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ANDREW bapt. 24 Nov. 1751. Unm.
SUSANNA bapt. 16 Dec. 1753. Unm.
MARTHA bapt. 1 Feb. 1756; m. Capt. Charles Frost. SARAH born about 1757.
Humphrey, son of Humphrey and Susanna (Shapleigh) Scammon, married 2 Feb. 1770 Elizabeth Richardson and had the following children :
MARTHA bapt. Dec. 1773: m. Isaac Hanson of Lebanon 14 Sept. 1794. DOMINICUS bapt. May 1776; died young.
MARY bapt. Oct. 1778: m. Nathan Flanders 7 Nov. 1802.
ELIZABETH bapt. May 1781: m. Moses Stephens of Lebanon 5 March 1809.
WILLIAM b. 1771: m. Lois Woodman 20 Feb. 1815: d. 25 Dec 1840. She d. 8 March 1854, aged 58. A dau. Martha b. 22 Aug. 1820 m. 24 Dec. 1843 Jeremiah P. Shapleigh.
NICHOLAS bapt. Sept. 1787: m. Sally Frost 17 April 1814.
OLIVE bapt. Sept. 1787. Unm.
HUMPHREY bapt. 1788: d. 10 May 1817.
SEARLE.
John Searle was drowned in 1676, and Christopher Mitchell, his brother-in-law, administered his estate.
Andrew Searle had grant of land in 1665. He is frequently mentioned till 1687. His son John married Mary, dau. of John and Julian Green before 1675 and lived in the southern part of Berwick. They had a son John who was of Portsmouth, N. H., in 1707 and seems to have been of Townshend. Mass .. in 1736, for July 8th of that year he sold to Bial Hamilton all right to a grant made to his grandfather. Andrew Searle, in Berwick, in 1665.
SHACKLEY.
Richard Shackley married, 17 Nov. 1709, Hannah, dau. of Benoni and Abigail ( Curtis ) Hodsdon and settled in the southern part of Berwick. His will, dated 27 Feb. 1783, was probated I March 1783. He had the following children :
SAMUEL b. 2 Nov. 1710: 4. 21 Dec. 1710.
MARY b. 6 Nov. 1711: m. Samuel Lord.
HIAANNAH b. 21 April 1713: m. - Kimball.
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RICHARD b. 8 March 1714; m. Martha Emery.
MIRIAM bapt. 10 Nov. 1717; m. Patrick Gowen.
ABIGAIL bapt. II Dec. 1720; m. Samuel Emery. Pub. 28 Feb. 1756.
SAMUEL bapt. 8 July 1722; m. Amy Lord.
JOHN bapt. 18 Oct. 1724; m. Eunice Hill.
ELIZABETH bapt. 16 Jan. 1726-7; m. Nathan Lord I Aug. 1754. SARAH bapt. 16 Jan. 1726-7; m. Daniel Emery 3rd 27 June 1751.
Richard, son of Richard Shackley above, married ( 1) Martha, dau. of Daniel and Mary ( Hodsdon ) Emery; (2) 12 July 1762 Mrs. Sarah Goodwin. He was deacon in the Congregational Church at South Berwick. Children were :
DANIEL bapt. 23 Nov. 1740.
SARAH bapt. 8 Jan. 1741-2; m. Elisha Lord 27 April 1762.
MARTHA bapt. 15 Nov. 1743.
HANNAH bapt. 6 Sept. 1745; died young.
RICHARD bapt. 19 Oct. 1746; m. Mary Nason.
HANNAH bapt. Sept. 1748: m. Elisha Goodwin 8 May 1770.
ELIZABETH bapt. 21 April 1752; m.
Lois bapt. I May 1754: died young.
MARY bapt. 23 Aug. 1759: m. Benjamin Goodwin 29 April 1784.
THOMAS b. - -: m. Bridget Nason 27 April 1775.
Lois bapt. 1 June 1760: m. Ichabod Lord 29 April 1784.
Samuel, son of Richard and Hannah ( Hodsdon) Shackley, married, 21 May 1745. Amy, dau. of Richard and Mary (Good- win ) ) Lord. Settled in Kennebunk, Me. They had :
JOHN bapt. II Oct. 1750: m. Sarah Nason, I June 1773 and was then of Wells. Mc. He died in Kennebunk. Me.
Other children were Richard. Joseph. Thomas. Ebenezer. Keziah and Mary. See Hist. of Norway, Me .. p. 594.
John, son of Richard and Hannah ( Hodsdon) Shackley, married, 13 Nov. 1751, Eunice, dau. of Benjamin and Mary ( Neal ) Hill. Children recorded :
DANIEL bapt. 12 May 1754.
DANIEL bapt. at Eliot 3 March 1756.
THIRD GENERATION.
Richard, son of Richard and Martha (Emery) Shackley married, 13 April 1768, Mary Nason. Their children were :
DANIEL bapt. 7 May 1769: m. Peggy Lord 15 March 1792? MARY bapt. 25 June 1774: m. 22 May 1796 Samuel Shackley. MARTHA bapt. 2 March 1775: m. James Grant. Jr., 26 July 1792?
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JOHN bapt. 25 Nov. 1786. SUSANNAII bapt. 25 Nov. 1786. RICHARD bapt. 25 Nov. 1786; died young. RICHARD bapt. 8 March 1792; 11. Polly Warren 3 Jan. 1811 ?
SHEPHERD.
John Shepherd had a grant of land in 1669. He is mentioned as "deceased" in 1719. Name of his wife is unknown. Children were :
MARGARET, probably. She m. Samuel Spinney 27 Sept. 1708. A Mar- garet Shepherd had dau. Phebe b. 3 Aug. 1701. who m. Robert Cole 22 Nov. 1726.
ANNE m. Gowen Wilson 25 Dec. 1712.
JOHN m. in Portsmouth. 9 June 1709. Mary He had son Jolin b. 9 May 1712. who prob. m. Mehitable Grover of York.
MARK, probably. He married, Hannah, dau. of William Hilton and widow of John Cole of York. Ch., Mary b. 28 Aug. 1724, Hannah b. 14 March 1725-6 m. Andrew Dunning 9 May 1751, and Anne b. 13 Nov. 1727. Mark Shepherd was member of a church organized in Biddeford in 1730.
John, son of John and Mary (- ) Shepherd, married, 27 April 1732, Mehitable, dau. of Andrew and Mary (Freathy) Grover of York. She was born 8 Dec. 1714 and was a widow in 1755, and died about 1789.
MARY m. Benjamin Jenkins 26 Sept. 1754.
ANNA. Unm.
JOHN. Unm. Rev. soldier.
ELIZABETH. Unm. SARAH m. James Grover.
LUKE d. in 1780. Unm. Rev. soldier.
HANNAH bapt. 30 June 1751 : m. Simon Grover of York, 1789. WEHITABLE d. in 1805. Unm.
MARK m. Miriam Keen.
Mark Shepherd lived on his father's farm at Shepherd Hill. He married Miriam, dau. of Joseph Keen. Had the following children in 1811.
STEPHEN m. Olive Grover of York. I April 1802. Sold out and left Kittery in 1820.
JOHN living in 1811.
Lucy m. Jonathan Keen. 3 March 1791.
MIRIAM 11. - Booby.
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ABIGAIL m. Lemuel Jenkins 28 Aug. 1785.
ELIZABETH m. John Mason, 4 Jan. 1790, (2) Richardson. MARK m. Betsey Keen 3 Jan. 1790, (2) Rhoda Grover, 25 Nov. 1801. RUTH m. Benjamin Grover of York, 21 April 1801.
M. 12 Oct. 1806 Bray Seward and Joanna Sheperd.
M. 9 Dec. 1815 Andrew Grover and Rhoda Shepherd, both of York.
Pub. 2 March 1791 Andrew Shepherd of Kittery and Eunice Goodwin of Berwick.
M. 6 Aug. 1780 Thomas Shepherd and Grace Keen.
M. 23 Aug. 1789 John Shepherd and Nancy Trundy in Newcastle, N. H.
SHAPLEIGH.
This is an old English family. Their coat of arms was Vert. a chevron between three escallops argent. Crest, an arm vested gules turned up argent holding in the hand, proper, a chaplet vert, garnished with roses of the first.
Alexander Shapleigh came from Kingsweare, Devonshire, Eng. A deposition of Thomas Jones, his servant, declares that Shapleigh was living near Sturgeon Creek in 1639. He was at Kittery Point as early as 1635. He probably died in Kittery about 1650. He was a merchant and ship-owner. Children :
ALEXANDER b. about 1606: d. 1642, in England.
CATHARINE m. (1) James Treworgy, (2) Edward Hilton of Exeter, N. H. : d. between 1676 and 1682.
MAJOR NICHOLAS b. about 1610: m. Alice, dau. of widow Ann Mesant; (. S. p. 29 April 1682. See page 112. Some have confused him with another Nicholas Shapleigh of Boston.
THIRD GENERATION.
John Shapleigh, only child of the Alexander Shapleigh who died in 1642. was born about 1640. He was a prominent man in the early history of Kittery, was selectman, representative and ensign. Killed by Indians 29 April 1706. His wife was Sarah, dau. of Thomas Withers. Children :
ALEXANDER b. about 1674: m. Mary Adams: d. s. p. about 1701. Widow m. John Dennett, 15 Feb. 1701-2.
ALICE b. about 1676.
I. NICHOLAS b. about 1680: m. Martha Langdon.
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MARY b. about 1684. Some think she m. Jacob Remick.
SARAH b. about 1687: m. Stephen Eastwick, 2 Dec. 1714. She is called "eldest daughter" in 1717.
2. JOHN b. about 1689; m. Dorcas Littlefield.
FOURTH GENERATION.
1. Major Nicholas Shapleigh married, 7 July 1715, Martha, dau. of Capt. Tobias and Elizabeth (Sherburne) Langdon of Portsmouth, N. H. She was born 7 March 1693. He lived at Sandy Hill, Eliot, and died there in 1752. His widow died several years later. He was Major in the militia and Justice of the Peace. Children :
JOHN b. 14 April 1716; m. 1741, Abigail Bartlett; d. 27 Nov. 1765. Widow m. Moses Hanscom and d. 3 June 1800, aged 77. One ch., Mar- tha Shapleigh b. 16 April 1760 m. Gen. Andrew P. Fernald, 24 Dec. 1776. SARAH D. 13 Nov. 1717; d. I Feb. 1736-7.
3. NICHOLAS b. 3 April 1720: m. Elizabeth Plaisted.
SUSANNAH b. 30 April 1722; m. Oct. 1738, Humphrey Scammon of Kittery.
4. ALEXANDER b. 18 June 1724: m. Elizabeth Goodwin.
SAMUEL b. 20 May 1726; d. about 1786. Unm.
TOBIAS b. 20 May 1728; m. 30 April 1761, Mary Leighton : d. 30 May 1769. One son, Samuel, b. 19 July 1765, graduated at Harvard in 1789 and was Librarian there till his death, 16 April 1800. Unm. Willed his property to Harvard Library.
WILLIAM b. 16 Sept. 1730; d. when a young man. Unm.
2. Capt. John Shapleigh married, 29 Nov. 1733. Dorcas Littlefield of Wells. He lived in what is now Eliot. Died in 1759. Wife survived him. Children :
JOHN b. 5 Nov. 1733: m. 7 Oct. 1786, Sybella Littlefield of Wells. d. s. p. Widow d. 28 Feb. 1811, aged 84. He was Colonel in the militia.
NICHOLAS b. 15 April 1735: m. Jemima Littlefield of Wells. Pub. 13 March 1765. d. s. p. about 1767. Widow m. 26 Sept. 1770 Nathan Libby. SARAH b. 9 Dec. 1738: m. 9 June 1757. Nathan Bartlett ; d. 17 Dec. 1805.
5. JAMES b. 5 March 1741: m. Hannah Bartlett.
6. DEPENDENCE b. 5 March 1744; m. Catharine Leighton.
DORCAS b. 5 Feb. 1746 : m. 7 June 1770 Joshua Hubbard ; d. 2 Nov. 1818. MARY b. 14 March 1749: m. Capt. Mark Fernald.
ALICE b. 20 Feb. 1752: m. Capt. Samuel Stacy.
FIFTH GENERATION.
3. Nicholas Shapleigh married, 7 April 1748, Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Elisha and Hannah ( Wheelwright) Plaisted. He was accidentally killed by a log of timber in 1756. Widow married
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(2) Rev. Samuel Hill, (3) Richard Waldren of Dover, (4) IO Dec. 1772 Mr. Atkinson, (5) 15 June 1788 John Heard Bartlett of Eliot. She died about 1798. Children of Shap- leigh :
7. ELISHA b. 10 March 1749: m. Elizabeth Waldron. NICHOLAS bapt. 24 Feb. 1751 : d. 1771.
4. Alexander Shapleigh married. 12 March 1752, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Butler) Goodwin. Was select- man and parish clerk. Died in 1762. Widow married, 1765, Samuel Jenness of Rye, N. H., where she and her children removed.
SAMUEL bapt. 9 Sept. 1763: died young.
OLIVE bapt. 13 April 1754; m. Simon Jenness of Rye, N. H.
8. SAMUEL b. 8 April 1757: m. Elizabeth Yeaton.
ELIZABETH bapt. 30 May 1762: died young.
5. James Shapleigh married Hannah, dau. of John H. and Dorcas ( Moulton ) Bartlett. He died 30 Jan. 1806. She died 25 Sept. 1826, aged 77. Children :
HANNAH b. June 1769: m. James Tobey 5 Nov. 1792.
DORCAS bapt. 4 Nov. 1770: m. John Knowlton.
MARY bapt. 9 May 1772: died young.
9. JAMES bapt. 13 April 1773: m. Ann Hanscom.
LYDIA bapt. 9 Oct. 1774: m. Capt. Humphrey Greenough of Ports- mnouth : d. Oct. 1851.
MERCY bapt. II June 1776: died young.
ISABELLA bapt. 21 Dec. 1777: m. Simon Libby 25 Oct. 1807. d. s. p.
JOHN bapt. 4 July 1779: d. 2 Oct. 1818. Unm.
THOMAS bapt. 27 April 1783; died young.
Lucy bapt. 3 Oct. 1784: died young.
ABIGAIL bapt. 6 Jan. 1786: died young.
GEORGE bapt. 9 Sept. 1787; died young.
WILLIAM b. about 1789. Unm.
SARAH bapt. 3 April 1791 : m. 6 Feb. 1817 Jotham Woodman of Eliot. MARY? bapt. 1793: m. Nathaniel Hanscom, 7 Aug. 1814.
6. Capt. Dependence Shapleigh married. 17 Nov. 1768, Catharine. dau. of Dea. William and Katharine ( Rogers) Leighton. He died in Eliot 17 Dec. 1812. Children :
10. JOIN b. 16 March 1769: m. Lois Gowen. MARY b. 9 Nov. 1770: m. Maj. Joseph Frost 5 Oct. 1788. SARAH b. 28 Feb. 1773: m. Stephen Tobey 26 Oct. 1792.
II. WILLIAM b. 2 March 1775: m. Isabella Raitt.
DORCAS b. 3 Dec. 1776: d. 1777.
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12. NICHOLAS b. 9 May 1778: m. Betsey Ferguson, (2) Sally Leach. DORCAS b. 2 Aug. 1780; m. Hugh Paul 8 Feb. 1808.
13. DEPENDENCE b. 23 Sept. 1782: m. Bathsheba Paul.
ALICE b. 25 Feb. 1785; m. Moses Goodwin 22 July 1822.
14. TOBIAS b. 28 May 1787: m. Elizabeth Shapleigh. JAMES b. 20 May 1789: died young.
CATHERINE b. 26 Sept. 1790 ; d. 25 May 1810.
15. JAMES b. 29 March 1793: m. Statira M. Remick.
SIXTH GENERATION.
7. Capt. Elisha Shapleigh married. 3 April 1770, Elizabeth, clau. of Col. Richard Waldron of Dover, N. H. He commanded a company of militia in the revolution. Died while visiting at Shapleigh. Me., 11 March 1822. Widow died 9 June 1829, aged 77. Children :
16. NICHOLAS b. 23 May 1771 : m. Dorcas Stacey.
BETSEY b. 15 Sept. 1773: m. Aug. 1791 John Rollins and 1. in Lebanon, Mlc.
17. RICHARD b. 25 Feb. 1776: m. 1799. Dorothy Blaisdell.
18. ELISHA b. 26 Nov. 1778: m. Martha Fernald.
HANNAH h. 9 March 1781 : d. 2 Feb. 1785.
MARY b. 9 March 1781 : d. 5 Feb. 1785.
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