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viii. JOHN, m. Polly Hodgdon.
ix. BETSEY, m. - Lancaster.
X. WILLIAM PEPPERELL, b. 12 Dec., 1803; m. Sarah Drown.
xi. CHARLOTTE, m. Hiram Pray.
LORD.
54. ELISHA LORD, baptized at Berwick, Me., 28 April, 1765, was son of Elisha and Sarah Lord of Berwick, where he was born about 1761. Elisha Lord, the father, was son of Capt. Abraham and Margaret (Gowen) Lord. Capt. Abraham was son of Nathan Lord, Jr., and grandson of Nathan Lord, Sr., the emigrant from Stackpole Court. Pembrokeshire, Wales, to the ancient settlement at Kittery, Maine.
Elisha Lord, the soldier, was twice in the Revolutionary army. He enlisted 14 Ang., 1777, in Capt. Samnel Grant's Co. of Col. Joseph Storer's Reg't; served with the Northern army two months and twenty-five days and was discharged at Queman's Height, 23 Oct., 1777.
In Vol. 74, p. 171 of Mass. Archives, he is described as enlisting 24 Nov., 1781, for three years in Capt. Joseph Bates's Co. of Lt. Col. J. Brooks's 7th Reg't. The roll dated at "York Hutts" 6 Feb., 1782, shows him to have been "20 years of age, 5 feet 6 in. in stature, of light complexion, with brown hair." He was a laborer, enlisted as a private and received a bounty from Berwick, 18 Dec., 1781. He was a pensioner, under the Act of Congress of 18 March, 1818, and was living in Lebanon in 1820.
On 27 June, 1787 he married at Berwick, Dorcas Goodwin. He, with other members of the family, removed to Lebanon where he is supposed to have received a grant of land for his military services. The lot upon which he first lived is now (1896) owned by Noah B. Lord and is situated on the northwesterly side of his farm ; later he removed to the farm of the late Thomas Millet Wentworth, Esq., where on Sunday, 8 June, 1806, his wife and the wife of Daniel Roberts were both killed by lightning in the Wentworth house upon returning from church.
In his last years he lived with David Farnham, Jr., who cared for him until his death. His grave is in the northeasterly corner of the Farnham field, unmarked. Children :
i. EUNICE, b. 26 Feb., 1788; m. Joseph Wentworth.
ii. JOHN, m. Susan Palmer.
iii. IVORY, d. when about 15 years of age.
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iv. BENJAMIN, h. 1795 ; m. Keziah, daug. of Noah and Keziah (Brack- ett) Lord of L. He d. 13 June, 1856, æ. 61 years.
v. DORCAS, d. unmarried.
vi, ELIZA, d. unmarried.
55. NATHAN LORD, Sr., son of Ebenezer and Martha (Emery) Lord of Berwick, Maine, was born 26 Jany., 1757 (g. s.)
He was a private 5 Nov., 1775, at Kittery Point under Capt. Stephen Hodgdon ; enlisted as a private 16 Sept., 1776, in Capt. William McDuffee's Co., mustered by Stephen Evans in the Second New Hampshire Reg't "to join the Continental army in New York."
He, the Lebanon Nathan Lord, enlisted as a private for three years 19 May, 1777, and served in Capt. Pillsbury's, Smith's, and Capt. Samuel Derby's Co.'s, of Col. John Bailey's Battalion, of Cols. Wiggleworth's, Sprout's and Smith's Reg'ts, Mass. line. He served until 19 May, 1780, when he was discharged at West Point. He was a pensioner from 16 March, 1819. (Land Office Files, Augusta. )
There were living in Berwick about 1776, two Nathan Lords, and while I know that the last paragraph relates to the Lebanon Nathan, I am not positive that the paragraph preceding relates to him.
He married first 26 March, 1781, Mercy (Knox) Downs, a widow, who was born 21 Jany, 1755 ; she died at Lebanon 22 Nov., 1810 (g. s.)
He married second 25 Nov., 1811, at Rochester, N. H., Sarah Wingate, daughter of Benjamin (?) Wingate of Rochester; she was living in 1835. He died at Lebanon, 26 Nov., 1833 ae. 76 years, 10 mos., and is buried on the farm then owned by him; but now (1896) owned and occupied by John R. Chamberlain at Lebanon Center.
He was a politician of note, of the Jeffersonian party. He was on the Committee appointed in 1800 to lay out the First Parish Cemetery.
His children by wife Mercy were :
i. BENJAMIN, b. 28 April, 1788; d. 6 Oct., 1863; he m. Mercy Fall, horn about 1791 ; she d. 6 Feb., 1867, æ. 76 years, 2 months; re- sided in Lebanon. Mercy was sister to Nathan's wife.
ii. NATHAN, JR., was a selectman in 1821, 22, '23, '24; removed to Somersworth, N. H. He m. Abra, daug. of George and (Kennerson) Fall of L.
56. SIMEON LORD, son of Ebenezer and Martha (Emery) Lord of Berwick, Me., was born in Dec., 1750.
He enlisted from Berwick 8 May, 1775, in Capt. Philip Hubbard's Co. of Col. James Scammon's Reg't, composed of men from the Dis- trict of Maine. He was a sergeant in his company and in all prob- ability was at Bunker Hill on 17 June following.
He occupied a farm in Lebanon about one and one-half miles south- east of the Center, which farm is now (1896) owned and occupied by James Lord. He married Mary Hersom, but died without issue. Tradition relates that while in the Revolution. he was in a scouting party which was surprised and surrounded by a large force of British. Sergeant Lord immediately ordered his men to fire &
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volley. His brother Nathan, who was a private, dashed out in front of the ranks and said, "A running fire or they will kill us all." The command of the private, who took in the situation at a glance, was obeyed. He m. at Berwick, Me., 15 Aug., 1774, Mary Hersom.
LEGRO.
57. DAVID LEGRO, son of John and Sarah Legro, who were set- tlers in Lebanon as early as 1771, was born in 1759 ; and removed with his parents to Lebanon.
He enlisted as a private in Capt. Jedediah Goodwin's Co. of Col. Edward Wigglesworth's Reg't. Jedediah Goodwin, captain, was of Berwick, and Ichabod Cowell, lieutenant, was of Lebanon. The company set out for Canada, and Legro was discharged at Albany 30 Nov., 1776.
He then re-enlisted as a private in Capt. Samuel Grant's Co. of Col. Oliver Titeomb's Reg't, and received pay, 18 July, 1777, for services for two months, and for travelling to and from Rhode Island. Capt. Grant was of Berwick.
He returned to Lebanon, and 19 Jan., 1785, was "joined in wed- lock" to Betsey, daughter of Capt. John and Hannah ( Waldron) Hayes of Dover, N. H., and of Lebanon.
He engaged in the manufacture of potash, adding later a grocery store and tavern at "Legro's Corner," as the hamlet was then called.
He was the fifth person to be chosen to represent Lebanon at the General Court of Mass., and he continued a representative from 1805 to 1813 inclusive, also from 1815 to 1817 inclusive. In 1809 he was a selectman. When the Constitutional Convention was called at Portland in 1819, he and Daniel Wood were chosen as the delegates from Lebanon. Daniel Wood acted with the minority ; David Legro with the majority in that convention, hence David Le- gro became one of the signers of the Constitution of Maine. Daniel Wood being one of the thirty-one members who objected to that Constitution, claimed as the chief objection that it provided for an unjust apportionment of representatives.
Mr. Legro became the first representative from Lebanon to the new State of Maine in 1820 and 1821. He was a justice of the peace from 1821 to 1829, by which he acquired the title of "Squire." He was a freemason and accumulated a good property. He died at Lebanon 21 Aug., 1835, without children, æ. 76 years. His widow died 27 Sept., 1839, æ. 73 years. (g. s.)
His brother Thomas enlisted in the army in the Spring of 1780 for three years, but as he was needed at home a substitute was pro- cured and he did not enter the service. (Land Office files, Augusta. )
58. JOHN LEGRO, son of John and Sarah Legro who settled in Lebanon as early as 1771, was mustered 25 Nov., 1775, by Capt. George Turner into Capt. David Copp's Co., which company of "Minutemen" was raised pursuant to an order of the Committee of Safety issued 12 Oct., 1775. A portion of this company went to
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Winter Hill, Charlestown (now Somerville) to take the place of the retiring Conn. troops. He was No. 11 of his company.
On 22 March, 1779, he was married at Lebanon to Patience Blais- dell. He resided for a time on the farm now (1896) owned and occupied by Frank Lord; but removed to Bangor, Maine, before 1812.
MARTIN. (MARDIN.)
59. THOMAS MARTIN (or Mardin) (colored) was a Revolutionary pensioner who resided in Lebanon many years. It is certain that he received a pension and it is claimed that he enlisted from New Jersey. He left no descendants and is one of the few colored per- sons that ever resided in town. He died in Leb. unmarried.
McCRILLIS.
60. ROBERT MCCRILLIS was the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Thompson) McCrillis of Lebanon. His father, Daniel McCrillis, the original McCrillis to settle in town, is said to have been a Scotch- Irish emigrant who came to Leb. from the north of Ireland soon after 1745.
This family was probably living in Lebanon before 1750, for on 30 July, 1749, the Rev. Amos Main entered upon the records of the First Parish of Rochester, N. H., the following : "Also Baptized Robert McCrelis." At that time the Rochester church was located about four miles from where the McCrillises lived in L.
Robert McCrillis was a private in Capt. David Place's Co., sta- tioned on Seavey's Island, being named on a return dated 5 Nov., 1775.
On 14 July, 1776, the Rev. Isaac Hasey of the First Parish of Lebanon recorded in his diary as follows :
"Bill up by Rob't McCrellis for himself bound into ye Army." His name occurs on a roll dated at Charlestown 27 July, 1776, in Capt. John Drew's Co. raised for Canada out of Col. Evans's and Col. Badger's Reg'ts. See Canney. (5)
MERROW.
61. JOSHUA MERROW, born in 1753, is described as of "Roches- ter," N. H., "aged 22 years," "husbandman," in Capt. Jonathan Wentworth's Co. enlisting 13 June, 1775.
He was an ensign commissioned 2 April, 1777, in the Second New Hampshire Reg't. He was at White Plains 29 Aug., 1778. In a petition addressed to the Legislature of N. H., in 1778, he states that he lost his baggage and clothing at Ticonderoga, where he was captured and carried a captive into Canada; that after great suffer- ing and hardships he was transported to New York; and then re- turned to his regiment in New Hampshire in 1778.
He was commissioned a lieutenant 12 July, 1780, and remained in the army until 28 Feb., 1783, or later.
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He was probably a son of Samuel and Abigail Merrow of Rochester, N. H., where he married Peggy Garland of Rochester, 28 Oct., 1788, the Rev. Joseph Haven performing the marriage.
A Joshua Merrow, supposed to be the same person, was living on a lot that now (1896) is owned by the heirs of Charles B. Chamber- lain. He sold this lot to Ralph Blaisdell in 1780, when he removed from town. His name is perpetuated in "Merrow's Bridge," and "Merrow's Corner," near where his house once stood.
MILLS.
62. JOHN MILLS, Sr. is described in the Mass. Archives, Vol. 19, p. 161, as "of Lebanon," "a private" in Capt. Jedediah Good- win's Co. of Col. Edward Wigglesworth's Reg't. On 22 July, 1776, the company set out for Canada, and Mills was discharged at Albany, N. Y., 30 Nov. following.
He enlisted again in 1777 in Patterson's Co. of Baldwin's Reg't of the Mass. line and served under Gen. Henry Knox. Several years before his death which occurred 21 Dec., 1810, he removed from L. to Belgrade, Me., where his widow Mary was living at the age of 80 years and upwards in July, 1835. On 25 Aug., 1837, she received a bounty from the State provided under the resolves of 1835-6. The Rev. Mr. Hasey entered in his diary, 6 Oct., 1776 : "Bill up by Molly Mills for her husband in ye army," etc. He had a son, as I conjecture, of the same name, for Hasey wrote : 1 April, 1784, John Mills Jun". and Peggy Kenison were married."
PERKINS.
63. EPHRAIM PERKINS of Lebanon was mustered between 10 March, and 17 March, 1777, by Joseph Bragdon of York.
He belonged to Capt. Samuel Derby's Co. of Col. John Bailey's Batt". (Mass. Archives, Vol. 43, p. 139.)
An Ephraim Perkins died at Rochester, N. H., 31 Jany., 1823, aged 80 years and his widow died 18 Oct., 1823, aged 90 years, but I am not sure that both name the same person.
64. GILBERT PERKINS, one of the early settlers of Lebanon, first enlisted 20 July, 1775, in Capt. Philip Hubbard's Co. of Col. James Seammon's Reg't.
He re-enlisted from Lebanon, 3 Sept., 1776, as a private in Capt. John Brewster's Co. of Col. Pierce Long's Reg't, stationed at New Castle, N. H. ; and was mustered and paid by Otis Baker. He re- mained in Long's Reg't until 7 Jan., 1777.
He was married at Rochester, N. H., 20 Aug., 1749, to Charity, daug. of Stephen and Susannah (Wentworth) Hartford; and was the first settler on the farm in the westerly part of Lebanon now (1896) owned and occupied by the heirs of Lewis Ricker. He removed from town eastward. He had a son Richard (65).
65. RICHARD PERKINS enlisted 5 May, 1775, in Capt. Philip Hubbard's Co. of Col. James Scammon's Reg't. Scammon's regi-
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ment of Maine men was at Bunker Hill on 17 June following, but on account of a misunderstanding of orders was not in the battle on that day.
Perkins was a Revolutionary pensioner late in his life. He mar- ried at Lebanon, 13, or 18 May, or June, 1779, Mrs. Abigail (Gar- land) Cook, widow of David Cook (11) of Lebanon and daug. of Dodivah Garland of Leb. He resided for a time on the farm now (1896) owned and occupied by the heirs of Lewis Ricker, but re- moved to Rochester, N. H., 11 March, 1783, and later to Jefferson, N. H., where he died about 1832. He was the son of Gilbert and Charity (Hartford) Perkins, early settlers of Leh. (64).
PIERCE.
66. JOSEPH PIERCE, born in 1754, is described in Mass. Archives, Vol. 29, p. 57, as "of Lebanon, County of York ; 25 years of age ; five feet, eight inches in stature : of light complexion ; delivered to Lieut. Lilley, 1779."
PINNER. (PENNEY ?)
67. JOHN PINNER, (Penney?) born in 1760, is described in Mass. Archives, Vol. 45, p. 282, as "19 years of age ; five feet, three inches in stature; light complexion; engaged in the Fourth Co. of the Second Reg't to reinforce the Continental Army for nine months, agreeable to a resolve of the General Court of the State of Mass. Bay, passed 9 June, 1779.
He is further described in Vol. 29, p. 116, as "belonging to Leb- anon ; enlisted Nov., 1779, in Capt. Allen's Co. in the First Mass. Regiment. He enlisted for three years or during the war and served until 1 Jan., 1781.
I have no evidence excepting the above, that anyone bearing the surname Pinner ever resided in Lebanon ; and I conjecture that the above named person either enlisted under an assumed name, or re- sided in Lebanon for a short time only ; or that the name Pinner should have been written Penney. I have found many errors in the spelling of names on the war rolls.
PRICE. (PIERCE?)
68. STEPIEN PRICE, ( Pierce ?) described in Mass. Archives, Vol. 45, p. 282, as "of Lebanon ; 25 years of age; five feet, eight inches in stature ; light complexion ;" engaged to reinforce the Thir- teenth Co. of the Second Reg't of the Continental Army for nine months agreeable to a resolve of the General Court of the State of Mass. Bay, passed 9 June, 1779. I know nothing more relating to this man.
Did the roll contain Price for Pierce? Stephen Pierce who mar- ried Elly Ricker 7 Feb., 1781, was recorded among the marriages performed by the Rev. Isaac Hasey.
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QUIMBY.
69. DANIEL CLARK QUIMBY, of Lebanon enlisted soon after 14 July, 1776, when "Parson" Hasey recorded : "Bill up by D. Quimby for himself bound into ye army." He was in Capt. John Drew's Co. raised for Canada out of Col. Evans's and Col. Badger's Regt's. His name occurs on a roll dated Charlestown, 27 July, 1776. He resided on Gerrish's Hill on the lot now (1896) owned by Richard H. Goodwin and opposite Charles S. Orrell's house. His wife's name was Betsey, and the First Church records contain baptisms of their children as follows :
i, HANNAII, bapt. 22 March, 1785 ; m, at Lebanon 9 Aug., 1801, David Hanson.
ii. JOHN, bapt. 22 March, 1785; m. at Lebanon 8 March, 1804, Han- nah Hanson.
iii. REBECCA, bapt. 22 March, 1785.
iv. DANIEL, bapt, 6 Nov., 1785 ; apprenticed as tailor to Daniel Cor- son ; m. 8 Dee., 1800, at Rochester N. II., to Susanna Murray of Farmington, N. H .; removed to Milton, N. H .; but before re- moving erected the house in Lebanon now (1896) owned by Ellis Hurd; d. in 1856.
v. EDMUND, bapt. 24 Ang., 1788.
RANKINS.
70. JAMES RANKINS, son of John Rankins of Lebanon, enlisted from Lebanon, as a private, early in the Spring 1780 or 1781 for three years in the Fourth Reg't, Mass. line, Col. Sheppard com- manding the Regiment and Gen. Henry Knox the Brigade ; he was discharged in 1783. His widow Sarah was a pensioner for many years.
On 29 March, 1786, he married at Lebanon Sarah Champing (Champen) a sister to his brother Jonathan's wife. He removed from Lebanon to West Pond (now Rome), Maine, in 1792, where he resided until his death 22 Nov., 1799. His widow Sarah was living at Lebanon in 1844 at the age of 76 years when she received a bounty for her husband's services from the State under the resolves of 1835-6. She resided with her son Jonathan F. Rankins in Leba- non in 1838. (Land Office, Files, No. 791, Augusta, Maine).
71. JOHN RANKINS Of Lebanon enlisted 5 May, 1775, in Capt. Eben'r Sullivan's Co. of the Thirteenth Reg't. of Foot commanded by Col. James Scammon and belonging to the Army of the United Colonies of North America. (Mass. Archives, Vol. 56, p. 201).
As a sergeant of the Mass. line, he was living and receiving a pen- sion in 1820.
On "1 Oct., 1769, John Ranken and Peggy Door were married," by "Parson" Hasey at Lebanon.
72. JONATHAN RANKINS, S. of John and born about 1760, is men- tioned in Mass. Archives, vol. 37, p. 108, as "a private belonging to Lebanon in Capt. John Goodwin's Co. in a detachment of militia from the County of York under command of Major Daniel Little-
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field on an expedition to Penobscott in compliance with a resolve of the Honorable, the Council of this State [Mass. ] passed June ye 29, 1779."
He served two months from 10 July to 10 Sept., 1779; and travelled 210 miles.
He was married at Lebanon 12 March, 1784, to Molly Champen by the Rev. Isaac Hasey who spelled his name Rankens. She was a sister to his brother James's wife. He resided at "Blaisdell's Cor- ner" where he died 6 Feb., 1826, ae. 66 years (g. s.) and lies buried in the First Parish Cemetery.
He had sons Jonathan Jr. and Daniel who lived and died in Leba- non. Jonathan Jr. was b. 9 Oct., 1788; m. at Lebanon, 27 June, 1812, Olive Gubtail (Guptill) of Berwick, Me. ; she was b. 26 Oct. 1786.
RICHARDS.
73. JOHN RICHARDS, Jr., son of John and Abigail (Miles or Myers) Richards of Rochester, N. H., was born in 1754; bapt. at Rochester 14 Apr., 1754.
John, the father, was born in 1722 and removed early to Roches- ter where 27 June, 1746, he was wounded and captured by the Indians who carried him to Canada. He was in captivity one year and a half, when he returned to Rochester. He resided near the center of the town on the lot recently owned by the late Hon. Jacob Hart Ela. He died in 1792 at the age of 70 years. Tradition has it that he and the boy named Jonathan, or Philip, Door were taken as far as the "Gully Oven" in Towwow, Leb. , where they rested ou the first night of their capture.
John, the son, enlisted 2 June, 1775, in Capt. Winborn Adams's Co., and is described as "yeoman," aged "25." He was in the battle of Bunker Hill.
He again enlisted in Capt. John Brewster's Co. of Col. Pierce Long's Reg't, stationed at New Castle, N. H., from 7 Ang., 1776, to 7 Jany., 1777. He, with his company, marched to join the north- ern army in Jan., 1777, and was stationed at Ft. Independence near Ticonderoga. Here he narrowly escaped capture. Again he served as a private in Capt. Daniel MeDuffee's Co. from 8 Sept. to 15 Dec., 1777. He marched to Bennington and to Saratoga where he witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne. He was a miller by occupa- tion, and about 1830 he removed to Lebanon, Me. He d. at Leb. 7 March, 1834, ae. 80 years (g. s.). He m. Sarah Bickford by whom he had children as follows :
i. DAVID, who d. unmarried at the age of 22 years.
ii. SARAH, bapt. 11 Nov., 1792; m. Jonathan S. Brown.
iii. SAMUEL, m. Mary Earl.
iv. JOHN, JR., a clergyman.
V. ABIGAIL, bapt. 12 Nov., 1792; m. and removed to Ohio, where she d. about 1858.
vi. ELIZABETH, bapt. 11 Nov., 1792; m, Jonathan Brown; d. at Wakefield, N. H., in 1855.
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vii. JAMES, b. 10 Aug., 1791; bapt. 11 Nov., 1792; m. Matilda Mer- rill(?) clergyman ; removed to Ohio in 1813.
viii. Lois, bapt. "at her own desire," 19 Aug., 1810; d. at Dover, N. H., about 1853.
ix. ABRAM, b. 1795; m. 25 March, 1819, Lovey, dang. of Lieut. Levi and Sally Hodsdon (Corson) of Lebanon; was in the battle of Tippecanoe under Gen. William Henry Harrison in 1811; Meth- odist clergyman ; resided in Lebanon.
X. ISAAC, enlisted in U. S. Army in 1819; never heard from.
ROBERTS.
74. LOVE ROBERTS, JR., was the son of Love and Mary (Rob- erts ) Roberts. His father, Love Roberts, Sr., was a son of Thomas Roberts and a grandson of John Roberts, Marshal of the Province of New Hampshire, and Constable at Dover, N. H., in 1679. He was a great grandson of Thomas Roberts the emigrant, who accord- ing to Winthrop was President of the Court, but Belknap makes him Governor of the Province.
Love Roberts, Jr., born in 1745 (or 1752) was residing in Som- ersworth, N. H., at the beginning of the Revolution. On 5 May, 1775, he enlisted in Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan's Co. of the Thirteenth Reg't of Foot, commanded by Col. James Scammon. Capt. Sulli- van was of Berwick, Me., and Col. Scammon of Saco, Me.
Mr. Roberts enlisted for the years 1775 and 1776, and was one of the soldiers of Somersworth, N. H., who received an abatement of taxes, 10 Dec., 1776. For some years before his death, which oc- curred in Nov., 1841, he resided in Lebanon, Me. ; and during his last years, he lived with his son-in-law, Timothy Wentworth, occu- pying the farm, now (1896) owned and occupied by Gershom Jones in the northerly part of the town.
He married (1) Elizabeth Brown of Epping, N. H., and (2) Bet- sey, daug. of Benjamin and Dorcas (Ricker) Hersom of L. (38)
Children by wife Elizabeth (Brown) not arranged in order :
i. PAUL, m. Anna Roberts, a cousin.
ii. MARY, (or POLLY) m. Asa Fox.
iii. EZEKIEL, m. Sabra White.
iv. SARAH, (SALLY) m. John Kimball.
V. JAMES, m. Hannah Smith.
vi. HANNAH, m. Wentworth Loud.
vii. LOVE, JR., m. -
viii. ELIZABETH, (BETSEY) m. Timothy, s. of Amaziah Wentworth of L.
SCATES.
75. BENJAMIN SCATES of Lebanon, and of Milton, N. H., was liv- ing in Lebanon previous to 1775. He was son of Abigail Scates, who was ill at his house in Lebanon 18 Feb., 1776. He was a private in Capt. John Goodwin's Co. "in a detachment of militia from the County of York, under command of Major Daniel Littlefield, on an expedition to Penobscott in compliance with a resolve of the Honorable, the Council of this State [Mass. ] passed June ye 29, 1779." He served two months, from 10 July to 10 Sept., 1779, and travelled
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two hundred and ten miles. Major Littlefield was of Wells, and Capt. Goodwin of Lebanon. (Mass. Archives, Vol. 37, p. 108.)
He resided in the Salmon Falls river valley on the most westerly farm in town, which he sold to John Cottle of Kittery, the first of the name Cottle to come to town. The farm is now (1896) owned by the heirs of Henry Cottle.
Scates removed to Milton Ridge, N. H. His wife's name was Lydia, and the First Parish records of Lebanon show their children as follows :
i. JonN, bapt. 7 May, 1775 ; m. 25 Nov., 1798, Mary Worster of Roch- ester, N. H.
ii. HANNAH, bapt. 28 May, 1780.
iii. Lver, bapt. 22 Sept., 1782, m. at Rochester, N. H., 9 May, 1799, Richard Horne of Rochester.
iv. ISAAC, bapt. 17 July, 1785.
The following baptisms of children of Benjamin Scates are on Rochester, N. H., First Parish records :
V. NORTON, bapt. 27 June, 1790; m. at Rochester, N. H., 22 Nov., 1812, Hannah Cook of Rochester.
Vi. BENJAMIN, JR., bapt. 10 April, 1794; m. at Rochester, 27 Jan., 1820, Lovey Lyman, both then of Milton, N. H.
A Lydia Scates in. 15 Nov., 1797, at Rochester, N. H., Freder- ick Cate of Rochester.
SHERMAN.
76. THOMAS SHERMAN, SR., son of Anthony and Silence (Ford) Sherman of East Bridgewater, Mass., was born at Rochester, Mass., 18 April, 1754. He was a master mariner in early life. He en- listed as a private 20 Sept., 1776, in Capt. Abram Washburn's Co. of Col. John Cushing's Reg't, and served two months, being sta- tioned at Newport, R. I. He married Betsey Keith, daug. of Dan- iel and Lydia (Keyzer) Keith, grand daughter of John and Hannah (Washburn) Keith, and great grand daughter of Rev. James and Susanna (Edson) Keith, all of Bridgewater, Mass. (Rev. James Keith was a native of Scotland, educated at Aberdeen, and became the first minister at Bridgewater in 1644, having come to New Eng- land two years earlier. ) She was born 1 Jan., 1763. He resided in Brookfield, Mass., in 1782 ; removed to East Bridgewater where he resided from about 1785 to about 1794. He then removed to He then Tamworth, N. H., where he remained until about 1811.
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