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No. 18.
Sarah Stevens, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 21, 1711, was a daughter of Aaron and Mary (Harriss) Stevens of Haver- hill. She mar. Nathaniel Heath (No. 17), and was received by letter from the North Parish Church, June 3d, 1752. She had children, b. in Haverhill. She died in Hampstead, and was buried in the village cemetery.
I. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 2. 1731.
II. Mary, b. April 15, 1733.
III. James. b. April 11, 1734.
IV. Abraham, b. Dec., 1736.
No. 19.
Peter Eastman, b. in Haverhill, Mass., April 20, 1710, was a son of Jonathan and Hannah (Green) Eastman of Haver- hill. He removed to Hampstead about 1732, and owned extensive lands in Hampstead on the western shores of the Wash pond, and also, in connection with his father, owned the island, in connection with his uncle, Peter Green, who sold the island to Gov. Benning Wentworth in 1741. He was town clerk of Hampstead in 1758 and 1760. He and his brother William were among the petitioners for the char- ter of Hampstead. His brother William, b. in Haverhill, Oct. 3d, 1715, mar. Ruth Chase, and, second, Rebecca Jew- ett. They had three children, b. elsewhere, but the next four children were b. in Hampstead, when they removed to
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Bath, N. H., in 1767 (after living a short time in Haverhill, N. Il.), where he lived the remainder of his life, and died there. Ile lies in an old abandoned burying ground, known as " Petty Borough." The railroad crosses his farm in a deep cut about two miles below Lisbon village. He had eleven children. Peter married Elizabeth Harriman (No. 20). Ile was the first deacon of the church, being elected August, 1753. He was adm. a member, at the organization, from the church in Haverhill, June 3d, 1752.
No. 20.
Elizabeth Harriman, b. in Haverhill, Mass., May 26, 1714, a daughter of Mathew and Martha (Page) Harriman of Haverhill and Plaistow ; mar. Peter Eastman (No. 19). She was admitted a member of the church June 3d, 1752. She was the mother of ten children (see p. 409, Vol. 1). Her son Jonathan mar. Esther Morgan. He settled in Hopkinton early in its settlement, and about the time of the Revolution- ary war removed to Henniker, on the south side of Crany Ilill, where he died Feb. 12, 1827. They had five children.
No. 21.
Benjamin Kimball, b. in Haverhill, Mass., May 3, 1722, was a son of Dea. Benjamin Kimball of Plaistow and Mary, daughter of Joseph and Martha (Toothaker) Emerson, his wife. His parents were members of the church at the North Parish, Haverhill, when it was organized, in 1730, and his father was the first deacon there. It is said that " his father married at the age of eighteen and went three miles north of the river, into the woods, and cleared his farm, now known as the homestead of Nathaniel Wentworth, near the old burial ground in the North Parish of Haverhill, and that his mother was greatly distressed from the danger he run from the Indians."
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Jonathan, a son, settled on the old homestead, and mar. Elizabeth, a daughter of Dea. Daniel Little of Hampstead (No. 13), for his first wife, and, second, mar. Abigail True of Salisbury, Mass. Tradition says that " Jonathan was the first person to migrate to that part of the town of Haverhill which is now Hampstead ; that he went up into the woods and had twenty men to help him build his log cabin, and that two stood guard against the Indians while the rest worked." He afterwards returned to Plaistow to the old homestead, where he lived and died. He was town clerk of Plaistow twenty-three years, and deacon of the North Parish Church for fifty-seven years, and had nine children.
Benjamin, the subject of our sketch, occupied the cleared farm in Hampstead, which was a large tract, which now in- cludes the homes of Charles B. Gilman (which was the old Kimball homestead), and Dr. Bennette and others in that vicinity, and to the Island pond on the west, and much land bordering on the Wash pond. He married, first, Mary Eaton (No. 22), by whom he had nine children. He mar., second, Mary Hoyt (No. 91), by whom he had seven children. He was adm. a member of the church by letter from the North Parish Church, June 3, 1752, and was elected deacon of the church June 23, 1754, and continued till June 17, 1774. " It was voted to communie with Dea. Benj. Kimball not to officiate any longer as a deacon on accound of an irreg- ularity in his accounts as guardian of Enoch Heath." (Church records.)
His gravestone and that of his wife are in the village cem- etery not far from the street, near the gate, and bear the in- scriptions : " Dea. Benjamin Kimball, died June 22, 1799, aged 77." " Mary, wife of Dea. Benjamin Kimball, died March 10, 1816, aged 84."
No. 22.
Mary Eaton b. in Salisbury, Mass., a daughter of John and Esther (Johnson ) Eaton of' Salisbury. Married Dea. Benja-
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min Kimball (No. 21) Dec. 29, 1742. She was adm. a mem- ber of the church June 3d, 1752, by letter from the North Parish church. She d. in Hampstead, August 29, 1757, and was the mother of nine children, b. in Hampstead :-
I. Joseph, mar., first, Abiah Muzzey; second, Hannah Gile; third, Dolly Squires, whose oldest child was James (No. 162).
III.
II. Mary, mar. Obedeum Hall (see sketches of Covenant members). Benjamin, d. young.
IV. Caleb, mar. Sarah Sawyer.
V. Andrew; he was a Revolutionary soldier, and in 1775 lived in Goffstown, and with others left Goffstown, and later went to New London, Conn. as a soldier, then to New York and Canada and was discharged at Morristown, N. J. He took part in the battles of Princeton and Trenton, N. J. He was a blacksmith by trade, and lived in Rutland, Ohio, where he received a pension in 1820.
VI. Benjamin, d. young.
VII. Nicholas, d. young.
VIII. Sarah, mar. Stephen Jeffers.
IX. Moses, mar. Hannah -; lived in Vasselboro', Me.
No. 23.
Stephen Johnson, Jr., b. in Haverhill, Mass., was a son of Stephen and Sarah (Whittaker) Johnson of Haverhill (see No. 11). He married Susanna Lovekin (No. 24). He was adm. from the church at the North Parish by letter June 3d, 1752. He removed to Londonderry about 1768 and mar. 2d, Ruth Johnson, by whom he had two children, b. in Londonderry.
No. 24.
Susanna Lovekin, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 8, 1739, a daughter of Jonathan and Ruth (Johnson) Lovekin of Hav- erhill, married Stephen Johnson Jr. (No. 23). She was adm. as member of the church from the North Parish church, June 3d, 1752. She died in Hampstead, 1862. She was a mother of nine children, two pairs of twins, all b. in Hampstead. (p. 416 vol. 1).
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No. 25.
Moses Guile, b. Feb. 15, 1720, in Haverhill, Mass., a son of Joseph and Mary (Heath ) Gile of Haverhill. Married Eunice Johnson (No. 26) and was received from the Haverhill church (1st) June 3d, 1752. He mar. 2d, Mary Heath, who d. 1793, aged 67 years. He was farmer in town and in 1755 moved to Weare, and in 1770 he sold his farm there of 150 acres and went to Chester, Vt., where he was recorded a freeman in 1779. In 1775 he was chosen a standing committee to as- certain the state of the Colonies and keep the county in- formed of the doings of the friends of liberty in the differ- ent colonies, and took an active part in the events which preceded the Revolution. He owned a farm of rich bottom land in Williams River. He died 1786, and was called the richest man in Chester, his estate being given as £160. He had nine children by 2d wife, prominent in Vt.
Holmes in his annals in 1720 states that tea began to be used in New England, and probably was soon after used in Haverhill, and it has been said that the father of Moses Guile, had a pound of tea sent to him as a present from Bos- ton. His good wife had never tasted of it, and was not acquainted with the way to make it, but thought it must be cooked in some way, so partly filling her large dinner pot with water she hung it over the fire, and put into it the whole pound of tea. To make it more luscious, as she thought, she put in a good piece of beef, for to make "a real dish of tea." After boiling until the meat was tender she removed the tea from the fire, and, as the old man remarked " the liquor was so despot strong they could not drink it, besides it had made a complete jelly of the meat."
No. 26.
Eunice Johnson, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 19, 1723, a daughter of Stephen and Ruth (Eaton) Johnson of Haver- hill (No. 11). She married Moses Guile, Nov. 11, 1741,
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(No. 25) and was admitted to the church, from the North Parish Church, June 3d, 1752. She had two children b. in Hampstead, Hannah and Ebenezer (p. 411, vol. 1), and Moses, b. in Haverhill, Feb. 21, 1742. She died in Hampstead, 1756.
No. 27.
Jonathan Hutchens, b. in Haverhill, July 26, 1715, a son of John and Sarah ( Page ) Hutchens of Haverhill. He mar- ried, 1st, Mary Emery (No. 28), and was admitted to the church from the 1st parish church June 3d, 1752. He set- tled a tract of land east of where Edw. F. Noyes resides and was an uncle of Capt. Hezekiah Hutchens. He was promi- nent in town and church affairs. He married, 2d, Sarah Watts, and had one child Sarah, bapt. Nov. 1754.
No. 28.
Mary Emery, b. in Haverhill, Mass., 1732, a daughter of James and Ruth (Watson) Emery, of Haverhill. She mar- ried Jonathan Hutchens (No. 27), May 29, 1750, in Haver- hill and had one child Mary, bapt. Aug., 1752 and died in August, 1752, of childbirth, aged 22 years, and was buried in the village cemetery, where a stone marks her grave.
No. 29.
Mehitable Emerson, b. in Haverhill, Mass., a daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Dustin) Emerson, of Haverhill. Married 1st, Peter Griffing, of Haverhill, Feb. 21, 1722. She had one child, Theolopolis, b. Jan. 30, 1723, in Haver- hill. After Mr. Griffing's death she married, 2d, Moses Copp, July 17, 1732, and removed to Hampstead, nearly opposite the home of Joshua F. Noyes; some of the family lived at what is now known as Copp's Corner, and others near the east shore of the Wash pond. She was called " Grandmother " for many years. A daughter Elizabeth, b.
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in Hampstead, April 1, 1738, mar. John Ingalls, of Hamp- stead, " June 1, 1770, notified Joshua Copp, Eben Copp and John Ingalls of Hampstead to take care of their grandmother Copp, she being not able to take care of herself." " Old mother Copp was put to board to Bartholmew Heath's at the town's expense July 12, 1770." (Plaistow town record). She was admitted a member of the church June 3d, 1752, from the First church of Haverhill.
No. 30.
Sarah Heath, b. in Haverhill, Mass., a daughter of John and Frances (Hutchens) Heath, of Haverhill. Was admitted a member of the church, June 3d, 1752. Married and went to Dunbarton.
No. 31.
Martha Heath, b. March 21, 1702, in Haverhill, Mass., a daughter of Joseph and Hannah ( Bradley ) Heath, of Haver- hill. Married Daniel Roberts, who died at Lake George while serving in the Indian war, Sept., 1755. She was ad- mitted to the church at its organization June 3d, 1752. She had children (see vol. 1, p. 425). She died in Hamp- stead, Aug. 3, 1757 and was buried in the village cemetery.
No. 32.
Capt. George Little, b. in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 9, 1713, a son of George and Edna (Hale) Little. His parents moved from Newbury to Atkinson (then Plaistow) to a tract of land in the northwest part of the town, now the home- stead of Mr. Albert Little in Atkinson. The old homestead having descended from the parents (George and Edna Little) to the son Thomas, who mar. Mary Bond of Haverhill, Mass., then to their son Thomas, who mar. Abigail Kent, of New- bury, Vt., from them to their son Jesse, who mar. Louisa Read, of Litchfield, and to their son Albert Little, who occu-
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pies the farm. The old house stood near the brook north of the present house.
Capt. George Little. the subject of this sketch, lived near the Island pond, but owned much land near the center of the town. He gave the land where the old meeting house was built, " in consideration of his always having a pew at the right hand of the fore-door of the house," (see deed Vol. 1, p. 25). He was a prominent citizen, a farmer, and captain of the militia, he also held a commission under the king as justice of the peace and was styled " gentleman " in the deeds. He with his brother Joseph in 1746, were appointed by Gov. Wentworth to make a plan of " Timberlane " now Hampstead. He married 1st, Mary Kimball, July 30, 1734, who died July 20, 1743 ; they had children.
I. Benjamin, b. March 18, 1738, mar. Hepsebiah, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Searl) Poor, of Hampstead. They had five children, Joshua and Levi, who d. young; Ezekial, who mar. Mehitable Emery, in 1801; he was a graduate of Harvard College, in 1784 and for many years a successful teacher in the public schools of Boston, and among his pupils was Edward Everett Ilale, and many others of note; he was an author of an arithmetic called " Usher" published in Exeter in 1799. The later part of his life he resided in Atkinson. Their daughter Ann Poor, mar. Rev. Jesse Page of Atkin- son, parents of Miss Mary Ann Page of that town; Moses, d. young, and Mary, who mar. Nathaniel Merrill of Atkinson. Benj. Little lived first in West Haverhill, where he had a grist mill, and engaged in trade, he then moved to Ilampstead near the site of our high school building, but later moved to Bradford, Vt., where he died in 1809.
II. George, b. Dec. 27, 1739, who d. young.
III. Moses, b. Ang. 3, 1742, mar. Mary Stevens, in 1761. IIe lived in Hampstead, where their first three children were born and afterwards in Goffstown and New Boston (see list " owned the Covenant.")
Capt. Little m. 2d, Elizabeth Taylor, who had children.
IV. Joseph Taylor, b. Jan. 1, 1745, who d. young.
V. Mary, b. April 18, 1746, d. young.
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VI. Taylor. b. June 25, 1748, mar. in Hampstead, Elizabeth Morse in 1874. He was a farmer, and lived in New Boston, and afterwards in Windham and Chester, where he died, Feb. 6, 1817. They had four children,-Jane, who mar. John Mel- vin of Weare; Hepsebiah, who mar. Nathaniel Southwick, -- Hannah, who mar. Isaac Dinsmoor of Windham, and Anna, who mar. Abram Melvin of Weare.
Elizabeth (Taylor) Little died April 7, 1752, and Capt. George married 3d, Sarah Hale, March 1, 1753, who died Dec., 1753, and left a child.
VII. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 20, 1753.
Capt. Little then married Elizabeth (Searl) Poor (No. 33), and moved to New Boston in 1765, and was living there in 1778. He was a member of the church at its organization June 3d, 1752, from the first church in Haverhill.
No. 33.
Elizabeth Searl, b. in Rowley, Mass., January 20, 1712, a daughter of John Searl, of Rowley. She married Samuel Poor, of Rowley, and had five children b. in Rowley.
I. Elizabeth, who d. young
HI. Hepsebiah, mar. Benjamin Little (see children of No. 32).
III Joseph. a deacon of the church at Byfield, Mass., mar. Margeret Bailey.
IV. Sarah, mar. Joshua Copp of Hampstead.
V. Eliphalet, mar. Elizabeth Little, both of Hampstead.
Her husband died of "acute fever," Sept. 21, 1748, and she then married Capt. George Little (No. 32) as his fourth wife, March 24, 1754 and had one child.
Samuel, b. April 1, 1755, who d. in 1759. I.
She was a member of the church in Hampstead in 1754. She died May 28, 1779, in New Boston.
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No. 34.
Jacob Bailey, b. in Newbury, Mass., was a son of Joshua and Sarah (Coffin) Bailey, of Newbury. He married Prudence, daughter of Ephraim and Prudence (Stickney) Noyes, of Newbury (No. 83). They removed to Hamp- stead soon after marriage and resided on his farm of 150 acres, which included the present homesteads of Edward F. Noyes, B. F. Rowe and part of the John Mills' farm. He was influential towards the incorporation of Hampstead and the parish in 1746. He raised a company of soldiers, of which he was the capt., in the French war in 1756. He was at the capture of Fort William Henry and ran the gauntlet of that dreadful massacre that occurred by the violation of the plighted faith of the enemy, in August, 1757, and was one of those who escaped to Fort Edward. He was made a colonel by General Amherst and was with him at the taking of Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point, in 1759. In 1767 he obtained a charter of a township in "Coos County," and removed to Haverhill, N. H., in 1764. He was there appointed by New York as brig. gen., and soon after, by General Washington, commissionary general of the Northern department, which involved great responsibilities and subjected him to dangers, difficulties and sacrifices. A reward of 500 guineas was offered for his capture, dead or alive, and it required vigilance to escape the scouts sent from Canada to take him. He made a treaty with St. Francis tribe of Indians, and was looked up to by them as a father, and by the friendly Indians. By means of spies he acquired important intelligence respecting the moments of the British, and rendered great service with his purse, pen and person before and at the time of the capture of Burgoyne. Several of his sons served with him against the British. He sacrificed a large estate in the service of his country, o which he never received any compensation. He was judge of probate in Newbury district, in 1778; chief justice of
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Orange county court from 1781 to 1791, with the exception of years 1783 and 1784. He was termed the " father " of Newbury, Vt., for he was the original grantee, and the prime mover in all of its enterprises concerning its settlement. He died in Newbury, March 1, 1810. He was admitted a mem- ber of the church June 3d, 1752, and dismissed to New- bury, Vt. in 1764.
No. 35.
Lieut. Peter Morse, b. in Newbury, Mass., October 3, 1701, a son of William and Sarah (Merrill) Morse, of Newbury, Married Tamosine Hale (No. 36) and moved to Hampstead, (see Vol. 1, p. 379). He was a member of the church at its organization, June 3d, 1752, and died in town, buried in the old burial ground at East Hampstead. He was early prom- inent in town and church affairs, and had been called "a man whose integrity none can question."
No. 36.
Tamosine Hale, b. in Amesbury, Mass., a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Kelley) Hale, of Amesbury. She married Lieut. Peter Morse (No. 35), Sept. 30, 1726, adm. to the church from Amesbury at the organization June 3, 1752. She died in Hampstead and was buried in the old burial ground at East Hampstead. She had children (see pp. 379-380, Vol. 1). Her son Peter, b. JJuly 7, 1739 (the first child said to be recorded on the town records), and mar. Anna Currier ; had children, the first three b. in Hampstead.
I. Sarah, b. Aug. 6, 1759; mar. Daniel Stickney, and had six chil- dren, of whom Wm. W. Stickney, U. S. District Attorney for the N. II. district, at Exeter, was a son.
Il. Lois, b. Dec. 17, 1760.
III. Anna, b. Apr. 17. 1762.
IV. llannah, b. Sept. 17, 1764.
V. Mary, b. May, 1769; d. young.
VI. James, b. in Hampstead, Sept. 26, 1768.
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VII. Caleb, b. April 8, 1770.
VHI. Nathan, b. July 30, 1772.
IX. Abigail, b. April 4, 1774.
Stephen, b. Feb. 26, 1776; lived in Londonderry.
XI. Joseph, b. 1778; lived in Shepscott, Me.
XII. Peter, b. about 1785; mar. Abigail Webster, settled in West Haverhill, Mass.
No. 37.
Benjamin Emerson, b. in Haverhill, Mass., May 21, 1716, a son of Benjamin and Sarah (Philbrick) Emerson of Haver- hill. He married Hannah Watts (No. 38). They resided south of the "Old Brickett place," and had a mill at " Beaver dam " there. (See Vol. 1, p. 367.) The ancestor of the Emerson family in Hampstead, and was prominent in town and church affairs, holding public offices with honor. He was admitted to the church June 3d, 1752, and to full fellowship Aug. 6, 1752. " A descendant of the daughter Abigail, who mar. Otho Stevens, Jr., says there is a tradition in the family that "Hampstead received its name partly by a suggestion to Gov. Wentworth from Benjamin Emerson that it be so named in remembrance of the birthplace of his grandfather Robert Emerson of England." (Mrs. William Clark of Littleton, Mass.)
No. 38.
Hannah Watts, b. in Haverhill, Mass., July 23, 1718, a daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Dustin) Watts of Haver- hill. Her parents were in Hampstead in the early years of the town and raised a company for the French war. She married Benjamin Emerson, and was adm. to the church June 3d, 1752, and to full fellowship Aug. 6, 1752. She was the mother of thirteen children. (See pp. 367, 410, Vol. 1.)
No. 39.
Ruth Heath, b. in Haverhill, Mass., a daughter of Joseph
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and Hannah (Bradley) Heath of Haverhill ; mar. Joseph Stevens. She was adm. to the church June 3d, 1752. She had three children, b. in Hampstead-Isaac, Ezekiel, and Abigail.
No. 40.
Mehitable Heath, b. in Haverhill, Mass., May 20, 1710, a daughter of Joseph and Hannah ( Bradley) Heath of Haver- hill (a sister to No. 39). She married Samuel Worthen, a son of Samuel and Deliverance (Heath) Worthen of Haver- hill. They lived on " Kent's Farm," and later moved to Dunbarton, and probably farther north. She was adm. to the church at its organization, June 3, 1752. She had chil- dren-Mehitable, Samuel, Oliver, Amos and Mary.
No. 41.
Elizabeth Page, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 14, 1769, a daughter of Cornelius and Martha (Gould) Page of Haver- hill. She married Thomas Johnson of Haverhill, May 1, 1799, and moved to the north part of Haverhill soon after the Indian troubles ceased, to near the North Parish meeting house, where they were original members in 1730. Her husband was a son of William Johnson of Charlestown, Mass., the emigrant of that branch of the Johnson family. She was a member of this church at its organization, June 3d, 1752, and died at the home of her son, John Johnson, who mar. Sarah Haynes nine days after the church was con- stituted. June 12, 1752. She had other children, one of whom was Cornelius, of Concord, who was a colonel in the Revolutionary war.
No. 42.
Ilannah Moulton, b. in Hampton, June 9, 1725, a daugh- ter of Simon and Hannah (Perkins ) Moulton of Hampton ; mar. Ebenezer Kezer of Hampstead, son of John and Judith
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Heath ) Kezer, of the "Handle." Her father was in the siege of Louisburg. Her husband lived on the homestead sold to William George. in 1756, at West Hampstead, the homestead of the late Isaac Wm. George (No. 471). She was adm. to the church June 3d, 1752, and died in town : had one child, b. in town, Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1751. (See pp. 361, 362, Vol. 1.)
No. 43.
Samuel Hadley, b. in Amesbury, Mass., May 5, 1707, a son of Samuel and Dorothy (Colby) Hadley of Amesbury. He married Judith Flanders (No. 44), and was adm. to the church June 3d, 1752, by letter from the North Parish Church. His father, Samuel Hadley, was said to have been the first person buried in the village cemetery, having been drowned in the Island pond.
No. 44.
Judith Flanders, b. in South Hampton, Oct. 14, 1709, a daughter of Jonathan and Judith (Merrill) Flanders of South Hampton. She married Samuel Hadley (No. 43), and was adm. by letter from the North Parish Congregational Church, Haverhill, Mass., June 3, 1752.
No. 45.
Edmund Sawyer, b. in Newbury, Mass., Nov. 6, 1714, a son of Samuel and Abigail (Goodridge) Sawyer of Newbury (1, William). His father d. in 1723, and his mother in 1722, so that he was left an orphan at an early age. He was m. to Sarah Rowell (No. 46), by the Rev. Paine Wingate, at the Second Parish of Amesbury, Jan. 1, 1735-6. He joined the church (Second, of Amesbury), June 13, 1736, and, with his wife, was dis. to unite with the church in Hampstead, May 31, 1752. They resided a few years in Amesbury, and moved to Hampstead, to the farm now occupied by Everett
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Moulton. He was a selectman of Hampstead in 1758. He resided in the last part of his life in Sutton, N. H., on what is now known as " Eaton Grange," an account of which is found in the History of Sutton, Vol. 2. In this book we read : "Edmund Sawyer, a man of devout piety, passed his last days at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Kimball, where he d. Feb. 18, 1807."
No. 46.
Sarah Rowell, b. in Salisbury, Mass., Oct. 4, 1719, said to be a daughter of Job and Bethiah (Brown) Rowell of Salis- bury. Still another record says she was a daughter of Philip and Sarah (Davis) Rowell of Amesbury, b. Jan. 20, 1704. A Sarah Rowell was adm. to the church in Ames- bury by confession of faith, Jan. 14, 1728. The birth and parentage of Sarah (Rowell) Sawyer is open to question. She mar. Edmund Sawyer (No. 45), Jan. 1, 1736. She was adm. to the church in Hampstead, from the Second Church in Amesbury, June 3, 1752. They had children, b. in Ames- bury, Mass.
I. Joseph (No. 117), m. Judith Kelly (No. 118).
II. Jacob, b. Oct. 4, 1738; settled in Hampstead.
III. Enoch, b. Dec. 27, 1741; m. Sarah Little. He was a farmer in Hampstead until about 1774, when he moved to Goffstown, N. HI., and in 1794 to Antrim, where he d. in 1817. His wife (. in 1829. It is said that nearly all of their twelve children and most of their grand-children have been church members. Their children were :
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