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He married MARY DINSMORE NESMITH fifth child, and sister of DEACON JAMES NESMITH, JR., (1741-1796) who married (1) MAJOR JAMES MCCLURE's sister, MARTHA MCCLURE (1749-1792). The nine children of Major James McClure and wife, Mary Dinsmore . (Nes- mith) all born in Acworth, New Hampshire, were :-
1. MARY M. (Polly) married ISAAC NESMITH (had 10 children.)
2. MARTHA R. married Salathiel Nickerson (6 children.)
3. JAMES N. married (1) Philena Lovell (1 child) married (2) Susan Ken- ney (9 children.)
4. SARAH married John Brown (12 children.)
5. ROBERT married Ruth Thomas (9 children.)
6. JOHN married Harriet Whitney (9 children.)
7. THOMAS married Betsy Armour (4 children)
8. MARGARET married Moses Varney.
9. ELIZA married first. Thomas McClure; (1 child). She married (2) James Cochrane, (8 children.)
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MAJOR JAMES MCCLURE (MCCLUER) and MARTHA (MCCLURE) NESMITH were the children of ROBERT MCCLURE (was born 1718, and died 1818 (aged 99 years) and wife MARTHA ROGERS who was born May 3, 1723, and died in Londonderry, New Hampshire. ROBERT came at the age of nine years with his parents to Boston. He served in the War of the Revolution, going to War on the First Alarm and enlisting when nearly sixty years old, and serving in his nephew's, Capt. John Nesmith, company. He was a signer of the Association Test to oppose British Arms and Fleets against the American Col- onies, and tradition says he and his son, Major James McClure and the latter's uncle, James Nesmith, Sr., (1718-1793) all of Boston, Mass., then were of the famous "Boston Tea Party". Robert Mc- Clure went from his Father's home in Boston, Mass., with two others and founded in New York State, the town of Hillsboro, but were forced finally, by the Indian hostilities and the Cape Breton War, to abandon it. During the War of The Revolution, Robert McClure, in 1776, became very ill in the camp of the Continental Army, where his brother-in-law, Lieutenant John Rogers who went there to bring Robert home, himself there contracted the camp fever of which he died in 1776. Lieutenant John Rogers and his sister, Martha (Rogers) McClure (1723-1790) were the children of JAMES ROGERS (1686-1755) and wife JEAN, --; James, according to tradition, was seventh in descent from John Rogers, the Martyr, who was burned at the stake in the reign of Queen Mary; he was Chaplain at Ant- werp and later collaborated with Tyndale and Cloverdale in trans- lating the Bible. He preached against Popery at St. Paul's Cross, immediately after Queen Mary's accession to the throne of England.
This tradition has especial interest because John Rogers, the Martyr, was of the same band and religious convictions as to royalty's usurpation of religious freedom. as the great Knox who in 1542 made formal public avowal of his convictions as a result of Bible study. Queen Mary was enraged at his ser- mons, and he was tried for treason; later he and John' Calvin became friends. With these men was SIR THOMAS CRAIG who "took a course under his rela- tive, Dr. John Craig who was assistant to the great Knox"; SIR THOMAS CRAIG was grandfather of DEACON JAMES NESMITH, SR. Their followers. led by Cam- eron and Cargill met in June 1680. and drew up their formal Protestant Covenant, and declared war against the king and in the Revolution that finally resulted, and perhaps before, many of this faith crossed to the North of Ire- land, thence years after with their families to New England, for the same purpose of Religious freedom; among them were the MeKEENS, COCHRANS, CARGILLS, DINSMORES, (whose grandfather JOHN DINSMORE, Laird of Achen- mead, Scotland, died in Ireland) and the NESMITHS, MCCLURES, ROGERS and ORRS. (See for others the histories of Acworth and Londonerry, N. H.)
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and soon after he was burned at the stake at Smithfield, on Feb. 4, 1555. This was told by several of the family, at the Anniversary celebration of Acworth, New Hampshire, in the "70's". Robert Mc- Clure was the son of RICHARD MCCLURE (McCluer-McLure) who brought his family to New England about 1726 and settled in Bos- ton, Mass. He was ruling Elder in Rev. Mr. Morehead's Church in Boston and was "greatly deferred to, and respected." The McClures belonged to the Stewart Clan in Scotland, the first "Clure" receiving that name from King James I, of Scotland, (who was an ancestor of the Nesmiths) at a time when King James was attacked by a wounded stag, which this first "Cluer" felled with a blow, called a "cluer" in the Scotch language. His son was called "Mac" meaning "son of" Cluer, (Clure). Their estates were confiscated through their adhering to the cause of Prince Henry; several of the McClures came to Boston, Massachusetts, others went to Pennsylvania and other Colonies in America. (For Coat of Arms see books on Heraldry) .
The abovesaid ISAAC NESMITH (1779-1846) was the son of DEACON JAMES NESMITH, JR., who was born Dec. 10, 1741, died March 15, 1796, he as well as his father, served in the War of the Revolution and was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, in Reid's Company, Stark's Divi- sion. He signed the Association Test to oppose British Fleets and Arms against the American Colonies. He was elected in 1783, Rul- ing Elder of the West Parish of Londonderry, New Hampshire. He married (1) MARTHA MCCLURE who was born Nov. 21, 1749. She died March 10, 1792. She was the sister of Major James McClure who married this Deacon James Nesmith, Jr.'s sister, Mary Dins- more (Nesmith.) They were the children of James Nesmith, who was born August 4, 1718, shortly before his parents sailed for Boston, so his father made him an Original Proprietor of Londonderry, N. H .* He died July 9, 1793 "aged 75 years and 11 mo's." Of him it is recorded; "Though an old man, he, like his son responded to the call to arms serving in MeConnel's, Gilman's Regt., for the defense of his country in the War of the American Revolution; he fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill with his nephew, in Capt. George Reid's Company (his nephew's sister Jane was the wife of Capt. George Reid.) He was a Signer of the Association Test. It is recorded of him in histories; "In the Revolutionary struggle, he was a true pa- triot and did valiant service." He married Mary Dinsmore, who was born August 20. 1783, died Feb. 27. 1805, daughter of Robert Dins- more (1642-1791) and wife Margaret Orr, daughter of John and
*Londonderry, N. H. Records state, "One share to James Nesmith, Jr."
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wife Margaret Campbell (Kamel) Orr; ROBERT DINSMORE was son of JOHN, affectionately called "Daddy" Dinsmore by everyone. He was taken captive by the Indians. He built the first stone house in Londonderry, New Hampshire. He came to America about 1718 and in 1730 was joined by his wife and grown son and grown daugh- ter. He died 1741. He was the eldest son of John Dinsmore, Laird of Achenmead, Scotland, near the River Tweed. He died in County Antrim, Ireland.
The children of James Nesmith, Jr., and wife Mary. (Dinsmore) (1783-1805) were :-
1. JAMES NESMITH, born Dec. 10. 1741. died March 15. 1796; married (1) MARTHA MCCLURE, born Nov. 21, 1749. died March 10, 1792. .
2. JONATHAN, married Eleanor Diekey and moved to Antrim, N. H. (Par- ents of Hon. George Nesmith, Esq. of Franklin, N. H.)
3. ROBERT, married Jane Anderson.
4. ELIZABETH, married James Cochran of Windham, N. H.
5. MARY DINSMORE, born 1783, married MAJOR JAMES MCCLURE (1753-1841).
6. SARAH, married Daniel Anderson of Londonderry, N. H. (See History, Lon- donderry, page 290.)
The said JAMES NESMITH, born August 4, 1718,-died July 9, 1793, aged 75 years and 11 months, was the son of DEACON JAMES NES- MITH, SR., (Nasmyth) born 1692, died May 3, 1767, who as grand- son and eldest living heir of JOHN NASMYTH and wife ISABELLA MURRAY, should have succeeded to the title and estates of his great grandfather, SIR JAMES NASMYTH, of Dawyck Castle and Peebleshire estates, Scotland. He came to New England, 1718, and was one of the sixteen Original Proprietors of Londonderry, N. H., and was made Ruling Elder of West Parish Church at the founding of its Church. He had married, Christmas Day, 1714, ELIZABETH MCKEEN. born 1696, died March 29, about 1763, "aged 67 years". Their children were:
1. JAMES, (1718-1793), married MARY DINSMORE, born 1783.
2. ARTHUR, who had four children named James, married Jane Reid, sister of Capt. George Reid, John, Benjamin and Mary.
3. JOHN.
4. THOMAS.
5. ELIZABETHI.
ELIZABETH (McKEEN) NASMITH, 1696-1785, was the daughter of JUSTICE JAMES McKEEN (1685-1769), "a wealthy Protestant who brought a Colony because of religious persecutions, and they all being Scotch Covenanters, and advanced the passage money of eighteen families, including their Pastor, Rev. Mr. Cargill, to Boston, Mass-
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achusetts. He moved his family to Londonderry, N. H., where he, Justice McKeen, held the office of the first commissioned Magistrate. Two brothers came also to America, one being William McKeen whose grandson. Thomas McKean (McKeen), was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and was also, all at once, Speaker of the Assembly; Chief Justice of Pennsylvania; Congressman from Delaware; President of Delaware, and. "unassisted by book, or per- son, spent one whole night unaided. in preparing a Constitution for the government of Delaware which was unanimously adopted by the Delaware Convention the next morning at ten o'clock." He was also Governor of Pennsylvania. JUSTICE JAMES McKEEN married, first, JANET COCHRAN, daughter of JOHN COCHRAN, descended, it is tradition, from the first Earl of Dundonald of the Castle of Dundon- ald which became the home, until his death, of King Robert II, "The Stewart", founder of the Stewart Dynasty of Scotland, and who died there, in 1390, and who was a lineal ancestor of these Nesmiths. "The Armorial Bearings of the McKeens were appropriate to the Cadets of the Island Kings. as MacDonalds of The Isles being usu- ally blazoned; "Arg. an eagle displayed, gules; surmounted by a lym- phad long fada, or galley, sable. In the dexter chief a hand, ppr. holding a crosslet fitchie, azure; Crest; Motto, 'J'aie bonne esper- ance',". (See also McKeen Genealogy, by Cornelius McKeen, pub- lished in 1902.)
The said JAMES NESMITH (NASMYTH), (1692-1767) was the son of JAMES NASMYTH, born about 1656. who "with his wife moved in 1690 from Scotland to the Valley of the River Bann, where their son James was born, 1692, his mother having there wealthy relatives named CRAIG, descendants of SIR THOMAS CRAIG the great lawyer of Scotland. The said JAMES NASMYTH was the son of JOHN NASMYTH, (younger brother of Sir Michael of Posso.) and ISABELLA MURRAY his wife who was the daughter of SIR JAMES MURRAY, of Philipshaugh, and ANN CRAIG his wife, eldest daughter of SIR LEWIS CRAIG (1569- 1622) who was so brilliant a lawyer; he was raised to the Bench at the age of thirty-four. He was son of SIR THOMAS CRAIG, of Ricar- toun, who was born in Scotland, 1538, who married HELEN HERIOT, daughter of the LAIRD OF TRABROUN, near relative of the great Buchanan. SIR THOMAS CRAIG died Feb. 26, 1608, in London where he had gone with King James IV of Scotland when the latter as- sumed the English Crown. By order of that King, Sir Thomas' body was taken to Edinburgh, Scotland, and was one of the first buried in the Grayfriar's Churchyard there. He was the greatest Scottish law-
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yer of his time. After having completed his law studies in the Uni- versity of Paris, he continued a higher course of study under his near relative, Dr. John Craig, who was Minister at Holyrood House before he became Assistant to the Great Knox. Of him Tytler says, "He was the person who, in 1686, drew up the celebrated National Covenant .. He also wrote Craig's catechism, which was appointed to be read in families and learned in Lecture Schools by Act of the Assembly of May, 1592."
The said JOHN NASMYTH was the son of SIR JAMES NASMYTH, a member of the Scottish Parliament from Peebleshire in 1627, and wife AGNES BURNET, married 1610, daughter of WILLIAM BURNET of Barnes. The said SIR JAMES NASMYTH was the eldest son of THOMAS NASMYTH and wife JOANNA VEITCH, daughter of WILLIAM VEITCH, Of Dawyck. The said THOMAS NASMYTH was the eldest surviving son of SIR MICHAEL NASMYTH, "died about 1607" (says Stodart) who was a member of the Royal Household; he married, on or before 1544, ELIZABETH BAIRD, of Posso through whom he acquired half of Posso, she being a daughter and co-heiress of JOHN BAIRD, of Posso, son of GILBERT BAIRD. Their grandson JAMES NASMYTH acquired the other half of Posso. The elder Nasmyth line ended about 1702, in the death of Robert Nasmyth of Posso, unmarried, his cousin-ger- main and heir male JAMES, Advocate, had acquired Dawyck about 1690, and had been created a Baronet in 1706. James Nasmyth, first of Dawyck, during his cousin's lifetime carried arms as regis- tered,-within a bordure argent, charged with four boars' heads, couped, gules, and as many hunting horns, sable .- the latter to indi- cate maternal descent (Murray) he being the son of JOHN NASMYTH and ISABELLA MURRAY, his wife, who was daughter of SIR JAMES MURRAY, of Philipshaugh, and ANN CRAIG, his wife," says Stodart in his "Armorial Bearings", and states, "the oldest authority for arms is Ponts, M. S. who records that the Nesmith coat of arma is; "Gules, a dexter hand proper, holding a sword. argent between two broken smith's hammers. No crest. Motto, 'Marte non arte',-which I, Gail Treat, the writer of this, own a very old copy of,-this Nas- myth coat of arms,-hand painted in colors,-so old it has nearly perished,-which was inherited by the daughter of my great, great uncle, THOMAS NESMITH, and who gave it to me. The broken ham- mers on it carry out what was told me by my Grandmother, MAR- GARET MARIA (NESMITH) HUXFORD who said that the family got the name of Næsmyth when one of their branch of the family did good service to his king against the enemy during a war, disguising him-
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self as a smith to escape capture. The King happened along and had his horse shod, whereupon he exclaimed, "Ye're nae smith", which brought forth the reply, "I'll be nae mair smith, I'll lay down my hammer and gang to the war." She had never seen this in print nor heard it outside her own family, who repeated it from generation to generation. But since her death I find it partly confirmed by a tra- dition in Scotland. as. in "Armorial Bearings, 1370-1670", published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1881, Stodart states; "There is a tradition that the first of the name got the name and arms in the reign of James III, 1460-88. by doing good service to his sovereign against the Douglasses and disguising himself as a smith to escape capture. The name appears considerably earlier. Adam Nesmith, owner of lands at Brochin. died before 1420."-and. as this printed tradition accords with the tradition told to me by Margaret Maria (Nesmith) Huxford, except. as to the reign of James III, and the name of the enemy as being Douglasses, it seems, with those exceptions, to be plausible, for she never, when repeating it, specified the names of the King nor the enemy. Also, originally James I, instead of James III may have been referred to, as it was James I who first gave the name of CLUER-MACCLUER-to the first McCLUER. Anderson says in "Scottish Nation" that. "The name Naesmyth (old spelling) was conferred with knighthood by Alexander III who reigned 1249-1286," but here again the American tradition is not disproved, because no names of King or enemy were specified by Margaret Maria (Nesmith) Huxford. Stodart says; "The Naesmiths were an old family of Bur- gesses at Hamilton. The Naismiths of Auchingraymont, near Ham- ilton ended in Sir Arthur who left three co-heiresses in 1765. The elder line of Nesmith ended on the death, unmarried, of Robert of Posso; his cousin germain and heir-male James advocate and first of Dawyck had been created a baronet in 1706." Of significant inter- est is the fact that MISS LUELLA A. OWEN of Missouri, a descendant of BENJAMIN NESMITH, of the NESMITH-McKEEN line, proved its ac- curacy through independent research in American and Scottish His- tories and Genealogies, and through visits to Dawyck Castle, Scot- land, the ancestral home of SIR JAMES NESMITH, and other places in Scotland, where she found these same records and facts and made affidavit as follows: "Until recently the Owen descendants of the Nesmith family have not possessed satisfactory evidence of the con- nection of the American Branch with our Scottish ancestors, the Nasmyths of Posso. But after strict examination of public and pri- vate. records and histories in both America and Scotland we have se-
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cured the unbroken line of descent as far back as the earliest Scot- tish records that wars have spared. Since it is possible that others have not been, quite successful in this difficult search, Mother's de- scent, through her Mother may be of service and a giver of pleasure, so to present it briefly, I, LUELLA AGNES OWEN, declare upon oath that my Mother, AGNES JEANETTE (CARGILL) widow of Alfred Owen, is the youngest daughter of James Cargill and AGNES GILMORE CROOKES his wife; and the said AGNES GILMORE CROOKES was the daughter of William Crookes and JEANETTE NESMITH his wife. That the said Jeanette Nesmith was the daughter of BENJAMIN NESMITH and Agnes Gilmore, his wife. That the said Benjamin Nesmith was the youngest son of JAMES NESMITH and ELIZABETH MICKEEN . his wife, daughter of JAMES McKEEN and JANE COCHRAN, his wife. That the said James Nesmith was the son of JAMES NESMITH and his wife who went from Peebles, Scotland to the Valley of the River Bann in the North of Ireland, where their son James was born in 1692. That the said James Nesmith was the eldest son of JOHN NASMYTH and ISABELLA MURRAY his wife. That the said Isabella Murray was the fourth daughter of SIR JAMES MURRAY, of Philipshaugh and ANN CRAIG his wife. That the said John Nasmyth was the son of JAMES NASMYTH, a member of Scottish Parliament, 1627, and AGNES BUR- NET, his wife, married 1610, daughter of WILLIAM BURNET, of Peeble- shire. That the said James Nasmyth was the eldest surviving son of MICHAEL NASMYTH and ELIZABETH BAIRD his wife, married before 1544. She was one of the daughters and co-heiresses of JOHN BAIRD of Posso, who was the son of GILBERT BAIRD, of Posso. MICHAEL NASMYTH was a man of landed property and Court influence and a member of the Royal Household before his marriage to Elizabeth Baird." In a letter to a Nesmith living in New York, dated Oct. 3, 1911, MISS LUELLA AGNES OWEN states; "The succession should have gone to the eldest grandson of JOHN NASMYTH and ISABELLA MURRAY, who was the JAMES NESMITH who married ELIZABETH MICKEEN and came to America in 1718. The old spelling was NAESMYTH and, ac- cording to Anderson's "Scottish Nation" was conferred with knight- hood, by Alexander III who reigned 1249-1286."
Having found God, and that living near to Him brings greatest earthly joys, these founders almost without exception. came to New England for freedom in religion, renouncing therefore, homes, lands, estates and titles. They are in direct descent from the Founder of each of the eight great Dynasties, through sixteen or more lines to ALFRED THE GREAT of the Saxon Dynasty, England; also through the "Great Earles" (signifying "noble blood") of Mercia and of Moeri,
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back to Cedric of England, and descend, in several lines, from the House of Plantagenet, Anjou, through Henry II and Geoffrey Plan- tagenet, who became Fuly V. and later became King of Jerusalem. (succeeding his father-in-law King Baldwin II, from Edward I of England, and King John, Lackland, who established Magna Charta. Also in four lines they descend from the Founder of the Stewart Dynasty, Robert II "The Stewart" and King Robert I "The Bruce". through David II, and Malcolm III back through Duncan I, to Ken- neth Macalpene, the Founder of Scotland according to historians. They also descend in twenty-six lines from Charlemagne, Emperor of the West, of the Carlovinian Dynasty; and in 34 lines from King Pepin d'Heristal, and twenty-six lines from King Charles Martel; also from Emperor Henry, the Fowler, and through Lothair I, and Lothair II, to the Emperors of the West. Alsa from Hugh Capet, Founder of the. Capetian Dynasty and his father, Hugh the Great, son of Robert I, King of France, son of Robert the Strong. And in four lines from Ruric who as Grand Duke and Grand Prince was the Founder called "Father" of the Russian Dynasty through his grandson, and through Anne, who married, as his third wife, Henry I of France; and also through Yaroloff's father, Czar Wołodomir and wife Princess Ann, daughter of Romanus II. the Greek Emperor of the East, son of Constantine "Porphyroginitus", (signifying "born to the purple") and wife Helena, history stating that he was directly de- scended from Basil I (who was Founder of the Basilian Dynasty), and Eusocia, his wife: and from King Philip, Founder of the Mace- donian Dynasty; also from the Founder of the Visigothic (Spanish) Dynasty from "Le Cid" of Spain, "who conquered no less than five Moorish Kings"; from King Alfonso, "The Noble"; Emperor Alfonso the Great; Sancho the Great; Ferdinand the Great, and from Ber- muda I. They are also in direct descent from the Great Dukes and Counts who, history tell us, were more powerful in military- forces, territory and wealth than Kings, hence they refused Crowns and thrones, among them being "Rollo", Robert I, of Norway and Nor- mandy, Earl of Rognwald of Norway; and the first Counts of Flan- ders. First Counts Belgium; First Counts of Alsace; First Counts of Brittany; First Counts of Saxony: First Counts of Burgundy; First Counts of Toulouse: First Counts of Anjou (Plantagenets) ; First Counts of Aquitaine: First Counts of Champagne; First Counts of Vermandois; also the First Counts of Hainault, (the Baldwins) who ruled over Holland for fifty seven years; Dirk I, the First Count of Holland: and the Counts of Garcia, and of Castile, and of Barce-
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lona, and of Provence, of Septimania, of Angoleme, and of the Geulphs of Bavaria, and of Gascony, of Arles, of Auvergne, of Guienne, et cetera; also the Great Dukes of France, of Brarbany, of Lorraine, of Poitou, of Maine, of Angoumois, of Limousin, the Marquis of Narbonne, and many others.
They are also in direct descent . from the foremost leaders of the Crusades to Jerusalem, including the great Count Raymond Beran- ger who commanded the First Crusade and was the Nestor of the Crusaders; from others of the first Crusade including Fulv V, Count of Anjou (a Plantagenet) who succeeded Baldwin II, (his father-in- law) as King of Jerusalem. 1131; and his son Geoffrey a Crusader, le Plantegenet, (and wife Matilda, daughter and heiress of Henry I of England) and who founded the English Royal House of Plantag- enet. And from Hugh the Great. Duke of France; and also the Count of Paris and Robert II, of France, who composed hymns in- cluding "O, Constantia". And among the leaders of the Second Cru- sade they descend from its Leader, King Louis VII of France; and descend directly from both Henry II of England and Philip Augus- tus of France who together planned the Third Crusade and agreed that the English should wear a Red Cross, the French a White Cross and the Flemish a Green Cross from whose leader, of this Third Crusade, Baldwin of Flanders, they also descend; and from King Thierry of Alsace, and from the King of Flanders and Belgium; and King Alfonso "The Noble" of Spain. And among other ances- tors who went on the Fourth and Sixth Crusades, they descend from their leader, Saint Louis IX, King of France, and Robert de Brus. Lord of Annandale, Scotland; and several in the Seventh Crusade which Crusade was also led by their ancestor. Saint Louis IX, King of France.
HUXFORD (HUCKSFORD) Coat of Arms; "Or, an eagle displd. sa. collard, or;" no motto; no crest (as this coat of arms was in use many generations before mottoes and crests were invented.) The Huxfords came from Wales and England. Thomas Huxford was the first of the name in America, being one of the first-comers to Mar- tha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
THOMAS HUXFORD (HUCKSFORD) b .- died before 1690. married about 1682, ESTHER NORTON, b .- , died before April 8, 1723, daugh- ter of NICHOLAS NORTON (1610-1690), died between April 17 and June 8, 1690 and wife Elizabeth, who died between June 8 and Oct. 8, 1690; of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
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SAMUEL HUXFORD, born about 1683, died March 11, 1771, aged 88 years; married (2) before 1728, TEMPORANCE DAGGETT, born about 1700, died Sept. 3, 1776. Of her, Miss Harriet MI. Pease, the pro- fessional genealogist of Martha's Vineyard, stated to me in writing on January 26, 1905: "I can furnish the ancestry of Temperance Daggett five generations back, taking it over to England with all dates obtainable, and also the parentage of one or two of the wives." (Miss Pease was the daughter of Judge Pease into whose hands had fallen all the early records of Martha's Vineyard. At her death it is stated they were given to the Nantucket Historical Society). Their son, JOSEPH HUXFORD, born about 1728, baptised June 3, 1788, when aged 60 years; died after 1790; served in the War of the Amer- ican Revolution, in Capt. Samuel Taylor's Co., Col., Duke's Regt., was in camp at Roxbury, Mass. See "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in War of Revolution," (page 592). He married 1747-48, ESTHER DUN- HAM. Both were alive in 1790. Esther was the daughter of JONA- THAN DUNHAM, who died before March 25, 1746; he avas half brother to above named SAMUEL HUXFORD. JONATHAN married Feb. 11, 1718-19 JUDITH LUCE; JONATHAN was the son of JONATHAN DUN- HAM, born-, died after Dec., 1701, married 1690-96, ESTHER NOR- TON, widow of THOMAS HUXFORD (above). JONATHAN was the son of REV. JONATHAN DUNHAM, born 1632, of Barnstable, Mass., died Dec. 18, 1717, married (2) Oct. 15, 1657, MARY COBB, baptized March 24, 1637, daughter of Deacon Henry Cobb and wife Patience, of Plymouth, Mass. Patience was probably daughter of Deacon James Hurst. REV. JOHNATHAN DUNHAM was son of DEACON JONATHAN DUNHAM, "gentleman", born in England, 1588, died March 2, 1669, in Plymouth, Mass., married Abigail -. Note-Professor Isaac Dunham, genealogist, claims that Deacon Jonathan Dunham came from Scrooby, England, with his friend Elder William Brewster, in order to escape religious persecution. He was a descendant of Sir Thomas Wentworth.
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