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1. Mary, b. March 15, 1766; d. young.
2. Elizabeth, b. June 29, 1767; m. Jonathan Marsh of Hudson.
3. Samuel, b. July 11, 1771; m. first, Susannah Reed of Litchfield; second, Eleanor Orr of Bedford; and he had eleven children.
4. Abigail Peabody, b. March 13, 1774; m. Joshua Hay- wood of Alexandria ; no children.
5. Enoch, b. Feb. 21, 1777; m. Luey Simonds; resided in Antrim; six children.
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6. Tristram, b. Dec. 31, 1780; m. Mary Ann Templeton of Hillsboro, and had twelve children.
7. Edmund, b. Sept. 17, 1782; m. Jane Taggard of IIillsbo- ro, and left numerous descendants in Hillsboro.
8. Sally, b. July 22, 1785; d., unmarried, 1869.
9. Lucinda, b. Ang. 9, 1788; m. Richard Chase of Hills- boro; no children.
IV.
Sarah, b. Jan. 30, 1744; m. Dea. Caleb Kimball, and lived in Sutton, where she d. 1822, aged 77 years. The Kimball Ge- nealogy and History of Sutton gives a record of ten children and families, from which we learn that Caleb Kimball was son of Benjamin and Mary (Hoyt) Kimball (Nos. 21, 22), and was one of the earliest selectmen of Sutton, and one of the heaviest taxpayers. He was one of the committee to erect a meeting house in 1784, and was associated with those who built the first saw mill at the foot of Jones' hill, on Lane Brook, in Sutton. Tradition says he spent a year in town camping in the forest, preparing his farm. before taking his family there. He lived two years in Hampstead after mar- riage, and eleven years in Goffstown. His wife was said to be "a woman of strong intellect and high purpose, and heartily seconded her husband in all his endeavors for ad- vancement, " and " no efforts were spared for their children." They kept tavern in what was first called " Kimball Hill," but now "Eaton Grange," soon after the public roads were built. Their home has been fitted up by the Eaton heirs for their summer residence.
No. 47.
Nathan Goodwin, b. in Amesbury, Mass., 1716, a son of Richard and Esther (Hadley) Goodwin of Amesbury. " Richard Goodwin and son Nathan were in Amesbury Peak, fourteen miles from South Hampton, eight miles from Kings- ton, and lived near each other, in 1743." Richard d. in Hampstead, March, 1768, aged 84, called " old Mr. Good- win " on the records. He mar., first, Rhoda Colby (No. 48) ; second, Mary Smith (No. 126). He was received a member of the church, by letter from North Parish church, June 3, 1752. He resided where Mr. Charles Shannon now has his summer home at East Hampstead.
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No. 48.
Rhoda Colby, b. April 16, 1719, in Amesbury, a daughter of Timothy and Hannah ( Heath) Colby of Amesbury ; mar. Nathan Goodwin (No. 47), and was admitted a member from the North Parish Church June 3d, 1752. She died Nov. 29, 1765. She was the mother of seven children (see p. 412, Vol. 1). She was buried in the village cemetery.
No. 49.
Amos Clark, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 12, 1719, a son of Jonathan and Priscilla (Whittaker) Clark of Haverhill. He removed to Hampstead in 1739, and mar. Sarah Kelly (No. 50), to the farm now owned by his great-granddaugh- ters, Mary and Sarah A. Clark, where he died. A brother John mar. Susanna Sinclair, also resided in Hampstead, and were parents of eight children, b. here (see p. 407, Vol. 1). Amos Clark was received a member of the church from the North Parish Church at the organization, June 3d, 1752; buried in Hampstead, June 4, 1783.
No. 50.
Sarah Kelly, b. in West Newbury, Mass., Oct. 6, 1718; a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Emery) Kelly of West Newbury. Her parents resided on the homestead of their father in West Newbury at the time of the ordination of Rev. Mr. Tufts, June 30, 1714, and at that time were mem- bers of the Second Church of Newbury now West New- bury), and were members in full communion, as they were fourteen years later. She mar. Amos Clark (No. 49), and was the mother of eleven children (p. 407, Vol. 1). Of these Amos settled at the homestead and mar. Hannah Stevens ; died Feb. 13, 1835, aged 84 years. Their son John mar. Mary Harriman, and their son John H. mar. Sarah A. Noyes, who were the parents of the Misses Clark of East Hampstead (p. 374, Vol. 1). Another son, Moses, settled in
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Warner, N. HI., and Jonathan settled in Alexandria, N. II. Sarah married, after the death of Mr. Clark, Mr. - Had- ley. She was adm. to the church at its organization, June 3d, 1752, as from the North Parish Church.
No. 51.
John Muzzey, b. in Amesbury, Mass., May 5, 1714, a son of John and Hannah (Diamond ) Muzzey of Salisbury, Mass. He married Abiah Hunkins (No. 109). He was admitted to the church June 3d, 1752, from the North Parish Church of Haverhill. They lived at first in Plaistow, now Atkinson, on the farm opposite the home of Frank W. Greenough, on the " East road," and later moved to the homestead where Giles F. Marble now resides. He was prominent in town and church affairs (see Vol. 1). He died June 15, 1787, and was buried in the village cemetery.
No. 52.
Jolin Hunkins, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 25, 1708, a son of Robert and Abiah (Page) Hunkins of Haverhill. He m. Sarah Gile, a daughter of Ephraim and Martha (Bradley) Gile of Haverhill, and had five children : Robert, b. 1745 (p. 391, Vol. 1) ; John, b. May 5, 1747; Abiah, b. Nov. 20, 1751 ; and two that d. young. He was a member of the church June 3d, 1752, and died in Hampstead, when the children were very young. His wife died about the same time.
No. 53.
Jerusha Stevens, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 13, 1739, a daughter of Samuel and Jerusha (Dow) Stevens of Haver- hill. She was adm. a member of the church June 3, 1752, and dismissed " by vote of ye church, Oct. 14, 1763, upon her request of being united by the church of and at Pem- broke." She married - - Dorien, and had several children.
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No. 54.
Hannah Kelly, b. in Amesbury, Mass., Oct. 12, 1726, a daughter of Richard and Hannah (Bartlett) Kelly of Birch Meadow. She married Bartholomew Heath of Hampstead, a soldier in the French and Indian war. She was a member ยท of the church at its organization, June 3d, 1752, and died in Hampstead in 1810. She was the mother of twelve children (p. 365, Vol. 1). The eighth, Anne, b. in Hampstead, June 29, 1762, married Joseph Colby, Esq., of Amesbury, and settled in New London, and were the parents of Anthony Colby, who was Governor of New Hampshire.
No. 55.
John Bond, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 14, 1718, a son of John and - (Hall) Bond of Haverhill. His father was drowned May 21, 1721, in the Merrimac river. He was a doctor in Hampstead for many years, and mention is made on the town records of his caring for the small pox patients in the Sinclear family and of the pest house on the island in 1778. Ile settled in Kingston, in that part now Sandown, and was one of the petitioners for a separate township for Sandown. Later he built a house in Hampstead, near the homestead of the late Ezekiel Currier. He was one of the original members of the church, June 3d, 1752, from the church at Haverhill. Ile married Judith Dow (No. 56), and died in Hampstead, and was buried in the West Hampstead cemetery.
From the town records, 1794: " Voted, that the request of Dr. John Bond, for inoculating for small pox for the term of one year, excluding July and August, at the Sinclear house, be granted, he taking the Sinclear Farm for himself, all but the house which is kept as a hospital for the use of ye town in case of need, and for paying the whole of the expense for purchasing said farm all charges, on account of the small pox."
Tradition says this farm was near the Angly pond.
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No. 56.
Judith Dow. b. in Haverhill, Mass., Ang. 11, 1721, a daughter of John and Sarah ( Browne) Dow of Haverhill. She married John Bond (No. 55), and was the mother of six children, b. in Hampstead (p. 405, Vol. 1). Of these John, Jr., mar. Mary Moulton, and had seven children. Joseph m. Hannah Brown, and lived in Londonderry, where three chil- dren were born. Jona. mar. Abigail Rogers and had two children, Judith and Amos, born in Hampstead, where Eze- kiel Currier lately resided, and did a large business at one time in getting out the material for braiding poplar stuff for hats. A son, Charles Milton, b. 1793 to '99. She was a member of the church June 3d, 1752, from the First Church of Haverhill. She died in Hampstead, and was buried in the West Hampstead cemetery.
No. 57.
Moses Ifale, b. in Newbury, Mass., bapt. Oct. 4, 1703, a son of Thomas and Sarah (Northend ) Hale of Newbury, grandson of Thomas and Mary (Hutchinson). and great-grandson of Thomas and Tamosine Hale, the emigrants to America in 1635. He married Elizabeth Wheeler (No. 58). They re- sided first in Plaistow, now Atkinson, where John B. Mason resides, and there resided when he was admitted to the Hampstead church, June 3, 1752. Later he removed to Hampstead, near where Benj. W. Clark resides.
It is related that " when he left his home in Newburyport his mother felt that it was so far a journey to Plaistow that she would never see him again, and mournfully said, "He has gone to Timberlane to live, and there he will lay his bones."
He was bapt. in Newbury, and removed to Rowley, Mass., in 1729, then to Plaistow, or Hampstead, about 1742, and thence to Rindge, 1760 ; m., in Rowley, by his father, Justice Thomas Hale, Dec. 4, 1727. He was treasurer of Hamp-
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stead in 1758, and owned pew No. 7 in the meeting-house. He was a farmer, and in Rindge a merchant. His gravestone in Rindge bears the inscription, " Memento mon." Then a head of a cherubim. " Here lies buried ye body of Mr. Moses Ilale; he died June ye 19, 1762, in ye 59 year of his age."
No. 58.
Elizabeth Wheeler, b. in Newbury, Mass., 1706, a daugh- ter of Jethro and Hannah (French) Wheeler of Rowley, Mass. She married Moses Hale, Dec. 4, 1727 (No. 57). She was admitted to the church June 3, 1752, and d. in Rindge, Jan. 9. 1780. They had children, b. in Rowley, except the youngest, b. in Hampstead.
I. Nathan, b. Jan. 22, 1730; d. young.
II. Moses, m. Abigail Emerson. (See list "Owned the Covenant.")
III.
Enoch, b. Nov. 28, 1733; m. Abigail Stanley. They removed to Jaffrey, and later to Rindge, where he was an extensive land owner and prominent in the town, being selectman many years; member of the N. Il. Assembly in 1776 and 1778, and delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1775, high sheriff of Chesboro' 1778 to 1783. He was a colonel of the N. H. mili- tia during the Revolutionary war. He also served in the old French war from Hampstead. IIe built the first bridge across the river at Bellows Falls, Vt., "and was renowned for his strong intellect." Ile d. April 9, 1813.
IV. Elizabeth, b. 1736; m. Jacob Gould; they had nine children.
V. Eunice, b. July, 1739; m. James Philbrick of Hampstead; nine children.
VI. Lucy, b. 1741; m. Henry Coffen; six children.
VII. Nathan. b. Sept. 20, 1743, in Hampstead; m. Abigail Grout; seven children.
No. 59.
Nathan Hale, b. in Hampstead, m. Abigail, daughter of Col. John and Joanna ( Boynton ) Grout, of Lunenburg, Mass. He removed to Rindge with his father before 1760. He was chosen the first constable of Rindge. He was moderator in
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1773, '74, '75. As early as 1774 he was captain of a com- pany of " minute-men," and led his company to Lexington on the alarm, April 19, 1775. Four days after he was com- missioned major in Col. James Read's company. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill with his regiment. Nov. 8, 1776, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, and was appointed colonel of the 2d N. H. regiment, and filled up with three- years' men. He served under Washington in New York, in 1776-7, and under St. Clair, at Ticonderoga, until the evacu- ation. He was taken prisoner at Hubbardston, July 7, 1777, and discharged on parole, not to serve again, but to return to the enemy's lines if not exchanged in two years. He re- turned to the enemy in two years, and died a prisoner in the hands of the British forces, at New Utrecht, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1780.
A soldier in his regiment wrote : " Nathan Hale was as brave a man as ever trod shoe leather." and was " always the finest looking man I ever set eyes on."
His widow drew $600 per year from the government as a pension as widow of a colonel. They had children :-
I. Charlotte, m. Abraham Lowe.
II. Thomas, m. Ilannah Goldsmith.
III. Nathan, m., first, Eunice Raymond; second, Ruth Tyler; third, Susan C. Black
IV. A son; d. young.
V. Eliphalet; m. Abigail Waters.
VI. Polly: d. young.
VII. Harry; m. Phebe Adams; second, Lucinda Eddy.
No. 59.
James Mills, b. in 1684, was probably a grandson of Thomas and Mary ( Wadleigh) Mills, of Scarboro, Maine, and may be among the people who about 1702 were driven from those northern towns southward "into New Hamp- shire " by the Indians, who were so treacherously inclined. Ile early came to Haverhill, Mass., and in 1735 bought a
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tract of land of Robert Ford, sen. and settled near "Copp's Corner," with his wife Jane -- (No. 60) and a family of children. He was admitted a member of the church, June 3d, 1752. He died in Hampstead, and was buried in the village cemetery.
No. 60.
Jane - b. 1689, married James Mills (No. 59), and was admitted a member of the church, June 3, 1752. She had children, probably not recorded in the order of birth.
I. Reuben, b. in 1731, d. in Hampstead, aged 85 years, Dec. 14, 1846.
II. John, mar. Elizabeth Emerson (see No. 176).
III. Caleb.
IV. William.
V. Sarah.
VI. Elizabeth, b. 1729 and d. 1757.
VII. James, m. Jane Fulton.
VIII. Thomas, b. 1720, who mar. Elizabeth Ilogg (or Hoog) (see Appendix), a daughter of John Ilogg, of Hampstead, Sept. 14, 1752. They were one of the three first settlers of Dunbarton. Their children, all b. in Dunbarton, were :-
1. Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1755 (said to have been the first child born in Dunbarton).
2. John, b. Jan. 7, 1756, was at the battle of Bunker Hill.
3. Agnes, b. Jan. 27, 1758.
4. Thomas, b. Jan. 7. 1761 (see 532).
5. Caleb. b. June 9, 1765.
6. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1767.
7. Peter, b. Sept. 25, 1769.
8. James, b. Aug. 25, 1771.
9. Samuel, b. Dec. 5, 1773, mar. at Medford, Mass., Aug. 23, 1796. Sally Morse, and had a son William, b. May 2, 1812, who mar. Sept. 4, 1831, Lanra A. Fisk, and were the parents of William Stowell Mills, LL. B. of Brooklyn, New York, author of " Foundations of Genealogy," " The story of the Western Reserve of Connecticut," " Leaves from Genealogical trees," etc. to whom the writer is indebted for much of the sketch of Mills and Ilogg families.
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Jane Mills, the mother, d. in Hampstead, Nov. 2, 1762, aged 73, and was buried in the village cemetery.
No. 61.
James Graves, probably b. in Hampton, May 2, 1707, a son of Willian and Margeret Graves, of Hampton. He married in Haverhill, Mass., Sarah Roberts (No. 62). He was admitted to the church, June 3d, 1752, from the first church of Haverhill and d. " before 1764." He was one of the earliest petitioners for the town of Sandown, and proba- bly lived in town, but near the Angly Pond, in 1756. He was called " of Kingston," in town and church affairs, but of that part set off as Sandown.
No. 62.
Sarah Roberts, b. in Haverhill, Mass., May 7, 1825, a daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Smith) Roberts of Ha- verhill. She married James Graves (No. 64), Sept. 1.1741, in Haverhill. She was admitted to the church, June 3d, 1752. " Voted at church meeting after lecture March 25, 1764, that Sarah Graves be transferred at her request to the church at South Hampton." They had children, bapt. in South Hampton :-
I. Lucy, b. Aug. 22, 1762.
II. Molly, b. Oct. 16, 1764.
No. 63.
Ensign Otho Stevens, b. in Gloucester, Mass. (probably) 1702, a son of John and Mary, a daughter of Aquilla Chase. John Stevens took the oath of allegiance in 1669, also in 1678, aged 70 years, and lived in Newbury, Haverhill, Gloucester. and perhaps other towns in Massachusetts. John and Mary Stevens had ten children and perhaps others, three or four born in Haverhill. In his will, dated 1715, he mentions children , by name and age,
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" John, aged 19 years, Samuel, aged 16 years, and Otho, aged 13." Otho, mar. first, Abigail Kent (No. 67), and second, mar. Mary -- (see " Covenant" No. 2). He was a farmer and constable in Hampstead and lived on the east- ern shore of the pond. He was admitted to the church June 3d. 1 752. He died in Hampstead, May 4, 1771, aged 69 years. (See Stevens in Appendix).
No. 64.
Abigail Kent, b. July 9, 1797, in Gloucester, Mass., a daughter of Josiah and Mary ( Lufkin ) Kent, of Gloucester. It is said that she was one-fourth Indian blood. She mar. Otho Stevens, Mar. 21, 1723 (No. 66), and was admitted to the church June 3d. 1752, and d. in Hampstead. She was the mother of children :-
I. Samuel, b. 1724, mar. Susanna Griffin, and lived in Hampstead, nearly opposite George Braggs' house.
II. Levi, m. Lydia Hills (see No. 67).
III. Otho, b. 1726, mar. Abigail Emerson (see No. 748 " Covenant ").
IV. Archelus, b. 1729, mar. Hannah Emerson (see No. 17-18).
V. Abigail, b. 1731.
VI. Simeon, b. 1736, mar. Sarah Hadley, in Hampstead, and lived here awhile.
VII. Josiah.
VIII. Daniel, b. 1742, m. Elizabeth Bryant (see No. 407); second, Han- nah Ilills (see No. 67).
IX. Susan.
Archelus and Josiah settled later in Enfield, and d. there. Daniel settled in Haverhill. Simeon, settled in Newbury, Vt., and d. there July 6, 1788, aged 52 years. Hle mar. first, Sarah Hadley, who d. in Newbury in 1799, and second, he mar. widow Susanah Shepherd, a daughter of Dea. Moses Chamberlain, who after Mr. Stevens' death, mar. James Cor- liss of Greenboro, Vt., and lived to be over 100 years old. Simeon was one of the first settlers in Newbury, and in the spring of 1762 was a first lieutenant in the first company
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of minute men of Newbury, and captain in a company of Col. Bebell's regiment, from April, 1778 to Nov. 30, 1779, and also served on several alarms. On his gravestone his name is spelled Stephens, and he is said to have written it in that way. He had nine children. 1, Abigail, who d. unm. 2. Otho, mar. widow Sarah Bailey, who was b. in Newbury, Mass .. a daughter of John G. and Abigail Bailey. She mar. first, James, son of Gen. Jacob and Prudence (Noyes) Bailey (Nos. 34-83). Her husband James Bailey, served in the Revolutionary war and was taken prisoner by the party which had failed to capture his father (see No. 34), in 1782. He was going home from his father's saw-mill in the dusk of the evening, barefooted and bareheaded, and was taken to Canada in that condition, and kept until the close of the war. Some benevolent people provided him with clothing and shoes. He died April, 1784. His grandmother said " that he was killed by accident," but " the oldest people in town " say that he died " by foul play." Ilis widow then mar. Otho Stevens (son of Simeon), and lived in Waterford, Vt. 3, Simeon, mar. Hannah Bailey. 4, Sarah. 5, Levi, mar. Susan Shepherd, and d. in Greenboro, Vt. 6. Judith, mar. George W. Stone. 7. Ruth, mar. Mr. Ingalls. 8, Samuel, mar. Au- gusta Young. 9. Moses, d. young : and two others, who d. young. Most of these children lived in Waterford, Vt., and surrounding towns.
No. 65.
Rebecca Tucker, b. in Kingston, May 4, 1729, a daughter of Moses and Joanna (Dow ) Tucker of Kingston, who were mar. Sept. 30, 1727, and was in Kingston as one of the early settlers in 1735, and prominent in the early settlement. She was admitted to the church June 3. 1752.
No. 66.
Edmund Eastman, b. in Salisbury, Mass., May 21, 1715,
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a son of Edmund and Susanna Singletary, who married, for a second husband. Richard Bartlett, Dec. 8, 1720. She had three children by Mr. Eastman, of whom Edmund was the second child. He married widow Hannah Hills (No. 67), and removed to Hampstead soon after, to the "old Eastman residence " at West Hampstead, where he died, Oct. 21, 1804, and was buried in the hill cemetery at West Hamp- stead. Ile was admitted a member of the church June 3, 1752. (See p. 543, Vol. 1.)
No. 67.
Hannah Hunt, b. in Amesbury, Mass., July 7, 1716, a daughter of John and Hannah (Clough) Hunt of Amesbury, " a shoe man " there. She m., first, Joshua, son of Joshua and Priscilla (Chase) Hills, who was b. in Newbury, Mass., March 2, 1718 ; m. Nov. 27, 1739. He d. in Newbury, Nov. 13, 1744. She m., second, Edmund Eastman (No. 66), Mar. 10, 1746. She had children, b. in Hampstead :-
I. Jemima, mar. Parker Stevens (No. 22).
II. Edmund, b. April 3, 1752; mar. Mary Davis, b. Mar. 21, 1752, in Hampstead, a daughter of Josiah and Dorothy (Colby) Davis, and who d. in Corinth, Vt., Aug. 30, 1836. aged 85 years. He was a farmer of Corinth, and had nine children born there.
III. Joshua; mar. Sarah Tucker (Nos. 169 and 170).
IV. Susannah, b. Oct. 13, 1763; d. unmarried.
Hannah d. in Ilampstead. Aug. 21, 1806, and was buried in the hill cemetery at West Hampstead. She was adm. to the church June 3, 1752. The Eastman Genealogy and also Vol. 1 records the fact that widow Hannah Hill was the grandmother of Governor Hill of New Hampshire, which is pronounced now (1902), by Guy S. Rix of Concord, author of Eastman Genealogy, as an error, made by the compiler of the family and so recorded in the New England Gen. Reg. of 1869. Hannah (Hunt) Hills had children, b. in Newbury :-
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I. Lydia, b. Oct. 13, 1740; m. Levi Stevens, and had children b. in Hampstead. (See p. 428, Vol. 1.)
Il. Hannah, b. May 5, 1742; m. Daniel Stevens. (See also above.)
Both of the above owned the Covenant. (See list.)
Iler father, John Hunt, was son of Edward and Ann (Weed) Hunt of Amesbury, freeman, 1677, possible son of Edward of Duxbury, Mass., 1635.
No. 68.
Eleanor Davis, b. in Haverhill, Mass., April 13, 1694, a daughter of Stephen and Mary (Tucker) Davis of Haverhill. She married James Stickney of Kingston, about 1728, and was a widow in 1752. They had a daughter Susan, and Mary, who m. John Dodge of Ipswich, Mass. Admitted to the church JJune 3, 1752.
No. 69.
Joseph Hadley, b. in Amesbury, Mass., Dec. 6, 1700, a son of Samuel and Jane (Martin) Hadley of the West Parish of Amesbury. His father belonged to the " training band " in 1680, and was a " weaver." They had twelve children, of whom Joseph was the tenth. Joseph married Hannah Flan- ders of Amesbury, July 12, 1721. Ile removed to Hamp- stead about 1732, to where Mr. Verburght resides, and died in Hampstead Oct. 11, 1758. They had a number of chil- dren, among them Joseph, Jr., who mar. Martha Gile, and had eleven children, b. in Hampstead (see Vol. 1, p. 413, No. 102). Others were David, who mar. Mary Gile, and Nathan, who mar. Betsey Hackett, both of whom had children, b. in town. Joseph Hadley was admitted to the church Aug. 6, 1752.
No. 70.
Susannah Heath, b. in Hampstead, July 27, 1738, a daugh- ter of Ensign James and Dinah (Mudgett) Heath, who was
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a widow of William Mudgett of Salisbury, Mass. She was admitted a member of the church Aug. 6, 1752. (See list, Covenant, Nos. 2 and 14.)
No. 71.
Hannah Tucker, b. in Salisbury, Mass., June 4, 1705, a daughter of James and Hannah ( True ) Tucker of Salisbury. She mar. David Copp of Hampstead, Oct. 27, 1725, and moved here in 1732, near the eastern shore of Wash pond (see p. 15, Vol. 1). She was admitted to the church Aug. 6, 1752, and died in Hampstead, aged 85 years, and was buried in the village cemetery. She had several children, some of whom went to Vermont. One of them, David, mar. Hannah Merrill (widow), in 1768, and mar. second, Mary French of Hampstead ; Moses ; and Joshua, who mar. Sarah Poor, and resided in town, at "Copp's Corner," and had eleven children, b. in town.
No. 72.
Ruth Ayer, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 7, 1728, a daugh- ter of Deacon James and Mary ( White) Ayer of Haverhill. She married Rev. Henry True (No. 1), Nov. 29 or 30, 1753, evidently having made his acquaintance while he was pursu- ing his studies for the ministry in Haverhill. She was adm. to the church November, 1753, and died in Hampstead, Jan. 1, 1810. (See inscription on tomb of Rev. Mr. True, p. 309, Vol. 1.) She was the mother of children :-
I. A daughter, b. and d. Nov. 2, 1754.
II. Samuel, b. March 8, 1756; d. Aug. 5, 1778; in the Revolutionary war at Providence.
III. Hannah (see No. 217).
IV. Rev. James (see No. 161).
V. Dr. Jabez, b. Oct. 6, 1760; d. Sept. 5. 1823; mar. at Marietta, Ohio. He was one of the first settlers in Marietta. His name appears on the first subscription for celebrating July 4th in the new settlement. He was one of the " Ohio Com-
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pany " reaching Marietta in 1788. Harris' History of Ohio says Dr. True was "one of the early teachers, " and "always foremost in laying the foundations of the educational system of that part of the State of Ohio." He was a deacon of the church, and the first Bible society in the Northwest Territo- ry was formed in Mr. True's house in 1812. IIe had a fine orchard, and one day going into it he saw a boy in an apple tree. Ile said, " My boy, you are in the [wrong tree; that has not the best; come down, and I will give you some better apples, " which he proceeded to gather, saying, " When you want some apples again, come to me; you endanger your limbs by climbing so high a fence." The lad told of it, say- ing, "I will never steal apples again from so kind a man; I am ashamed of myself." Dr. True practised his profession, with a glad desire to relieve distress and pain, not caring whether the patient could pay; and he cared little for money except as he could do good with it. Ile was earnest in support of all educational, religious, and moral reforms. He was marked by the usual peculiarities of the New England race, being frugal, industrious, temperate, and public-spirited. Ile went out as a surgeon in the Revolution on board a privateer.
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