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No. 88.
Ruth Terrill, b. in Amesbury, Mass., July 14, 1734, a daughter of Gideon and Edith ( ) Terrill of Kingston. Married John Kezar, Jan. 4, 1755, son of John Kezar, " the elder," who mar., first, Judith Heath, and had ten children. (See Vol. 1, p. 419.) Ruth Kezar was the mother of
I. John, b. March 4, 1753.
II. George, b. July 4, 1756.
III. Molly, b. July 4, 1761.
She was admitted to the church Oet. 16, 1757.
No. 89.
Dea. William Eaton, b. in Lynn, Mass., June 3, 1731, a son of William and Mary (Swain) Eaton of Reading and Lynn (a brother to No. 4). His father d. in 1731 in Lynn. He married Ruth Bradley (No. 90) about 1751, and removed to Hampstead, and later settled on No. 12, P. 2d D., in Chester. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and d. in Candia. Hle was adm. to the church Oct. 29, 1758.
No. 90.
Ruth Bradley, b. in Haverhill, Mass., June 19, 1739, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth ( Aver ) Bradley of Haver- hill. She married William Eaton ( No. 89) about 1751, and was admitted to the church Oct. 29, 1758. She had several children, b. in Candia, where she died in 1789.
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No. 91.
Mary Hoyt, b. in Salisbury, Mass., Feb. 2, 1732, daughter of Moses and Mary (Carr) Hoyt of Salisbury, who was a son of Benjamin and Hannah (Pillsbury) Hoyt, and grand- son of Thomas. Her parents were both members of the First Church of Salisbury. She, married Dea. Benjamin Kimball (No. 21) for his second wife, Feb. 28, 1758. Her parents resided in Epping for some time, were there in 1743, and both d. in Weare. She was admitted a member of the church March 25, 1759, and was buried near the gate in the Centre cemetery at Hampstead. The inscription on the stone reads, " Mary, wife of Dea. Benjamin Kimball, died March 10, 1816, aged 84." Their children were :-
I. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 17, 1759.
II. Ruth, b. Nov. 9, 1761; m. Benjamin Brown, and d. July 17, 1818.
III. Lydia, b. March 15, 1768.
IV. Isaac, b. July 1, 1764.
V. Jacob, b. March 20, 1770; m. Ruth, daughter of Enoch Rogers of Amesbury, Dec. 20, 1808. Jacob resided in Ilampstead, on the old Kimball farm, where Charles B. Gilman lives. Ile d. in town, Sept. 1, 1840, and left no issue. He bequeathed his property to the New Hampshire Hospital for the Insane at Concord.
VI. Jabez. b. Jan. 20, 1772. He was a graduate of Harvard College, class of 1797, and was a tutor in the college from 1800 to 1808. He studied law with Ilon. John Prentiss in Londonderry, N. HI., and was living in his family when he died, March 10, 1805. He settled in Haverhill in 1805, but ill health com- pelled him to relinquish his work. He was said to have been a young man of much promise. His funeral sermon was printed.
VII. Nannie, b. March 16, 1775.
No. 92.
Jeremiah Allen, b. in Salisbury, Mass., Sept. 1, 1718; son of John and Hannah (Weare) Allen of Salisbury. He married Abigail Currier (No. 93) of South Hampton, and was received from the church at Salisbury, May 20, 1759. He was a farmer, and resided in Salisbury until 1758, when
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he moved to Sandown. The church records call him of Hampstead in 1765. The church records say, Feb. 27, 1774 : " Chh. stopped after Publick worship and voted to consent that Jeremiah Allen and Abigail his wife should be dismissed from this church, upon their being rec'd by the ch. at Green- field."
No. 93.
Abigail Currier, b. Nov. 20, 1722, in Amesbury, Mass., a daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Brown) Currier of South Hampton. She married Jeremiah Allen ( No. 92) at South Hampton, Oct. 15, 1751, and was admitted to the church May 20, 1759, and was dis. to unite with the church at Greenfield, Feb. 27, 1774. She had children, the oldest three b. in Salisbury.
I. Betty. b. March 28, 1753.
11. Benjamin, b. Nov. 1, 1754.
III. Moses, b. April 5. 1756.
IV. Nathan, b. in Hampstead, Oct. 12, 1762.
V. Jeremiah, b. Jan. 8, 1764.
No. 94.
Phebe Parker, b. in Bradford, Mass., June 4, 1732, dangh- ter of Abraham and Hannah (Chase) Parker of Bradford. (This statement is as sent by a relative, but others' research have placed the item as in doubt. ) She was married to Ephraim Webster (No. 34), Dec. 21, 1752, in Bradford, by the Rev. Ebenezer Ray. They resided in Chester until about 1760, when they moved to Hampstead, near " Marshall's Corner." She was admitted to the church Oct. 5, 1760, and died in Newbury, Vt., seventeen days after the birth of her son Ebenezer, or May 1, 1775. Her children were :
I. Samuel, b. in Chester. Dec. 29, 1753.
II. Phebe, b. in Chester, 1756.
III. Asa, b. in Chester, April 25, 1758.
IV. Susanna, b. in Hampstead, May 16, 1760; d. April 2, 1795.
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V. Ephraim, b. in Hampstead, June 30, 1762; enlisted in the Revo- tionary war, 1777. as from Newbury, Vt., under Col. Thomas Johnson, late of Hampstead, having been a little over fifteen years old. He married Miss Hannah Banks, Nov. 19, 1796. In a very interesting leaflet, published by the Onondaga Histori- cal Society of Syracuse, N. Y., as read by Rev. George B. Spalding, D. D., LL. D., of Syracuse, Dec. 8, 1899, Ephraim Webster's life is given, and he is called " the hero of Onon- daga." (See leaflet No. 21 of that Society.)
VI. Parker. b. at Hampstead, April 5, 1765.
VH. Mary, b. at Hampstead, April 3, 1768.
VIII. Sarah, b. at Hampstead, April 20, 1770.
IX. Moses, b. at Hampstead, Oct. 27, 1772.
Ebenezer, b. April 13, 1775, at Newbury, Vt.
No. 95.
Rachel Rowell, b. in Amesbury, Mass., Jan. 12, 1726, a daughter of Philip and Sarah (Davis) Rowell of Amesbury ; married Lieut. Edmund Morse, April 16, 1750, and settled in Hampstead, near the " old mill," as described on pp. 379 and 380, Vol. 1. She was admitted to the church May 29, 1761, "at her own house, as she was unable to attend public worship, to full communion and fellowship." (Church rec- ords.) Her children were :-
I. Jacob, b. March 3, 1751.
II. Rachel, b. Aug. 2, 1760.
III. Daniel, b. April 22, 1763.
She died in Hampstead, 1763, and her husband mar., sec- ond, Rebecca Carlton (see pp. 421 and 380, Vol. 1). Her daughter Molly m. Abiel Kelly, and were " the enterprising settlers of Kennebec, Me., June 3, 1792."
No. 96.
Aaron French, b. Jan. 21, 1733, in Amesbury, Mass., a son of Joseph and Hannah (Gould) French of Amesbury and Hampstead (see Nos. 100 and 101). Married Sarah Stevens (No. 97). He was admitted to the church by letter from the church at Sandown, May 31, 1761, and resided in San- down.
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No. 97.
Sarah Stevens, b. in Amesbury, Mass., May 26, 1743, a daughter of Rev. Phineas and Mrs. Sarah (Saunders) Ste- vens of Contoocook. She married Aaron French (No. 96), and resided in Sandown. She was adm. to the church May 31, 1761. She had children, recorded in Hampstead (p. 411, Vol. 1). Daughter Hannah, bapt. Nov. 13, 1757, in South Hampton.
No. 98.
Dea. Samuel Currier, b. in Amesbury, Mass., Feb. 1, 1709, a son of Samuel and Dorothy (Foot) Currier of Amesbury. He married Hannah Morrill (No. 99), and removed to Hamp- stead, to the old Currier homestead at West Hampstead, about 1760. He was received by letter from the church at South Hampton, July 26, 1761, and died in Hampstead, Sept. 24, 1766 (p. 312, Vol. 1).
No. 99.
Hannah Morrill, b. in Salisbury, Mass., March 16, 1711, a daughter of Capt. Ezekiel and Abigail ( Wadleigh) Morrill of Salisbury. She married Samuel Currier (No. 98), Jan. 24, 1731, in Salisbury. She was admitted to the church by letter from the South Hampton church, July 26, 1761, and died at Hampstead. Their children were :--
I. Samuel, bapt. in South Hampton, Nov. 4, 1744; d. young.
II. Ezekiel, m. Susanna Emerson. (See p. 306, Vol. 1.)
III. Samuel, bapt. Jan. 17, 1747 (No. 146).
IV. Dorothy, bapt. Nov. 5, 1752.
No. 100.
Dea. Joseph French, b. in Salisbury, Mass., Feb. 27, 1702, a son of Dea. Joseph and Abigail ( Browne) French of Salis- bury. He married Hannah Gould (No. 101), and was re- ceived as a member of the church by letter from South Hampton church, July 26, 1761. Hle resided in Sandown.
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(He was called Joseph, 4th, a grandson of Joseph and Sarah (Eastman) French ; 2, Joseph and Susanna French ; 1, Ed- ward and Ann, of Salisbury, 1642.)
No. 101.
Hannah Gould, b. Nov. 8, 1703, in Amesbury, Mass., a daughter of Samuel and Sarah ( Rowell) Gould of Amesbury. She married Joseph French (No. 100), Jan. 10, 1723, and was admitted as a member of the church by letter from the church at South Hampton, July 26, 1761. She had children, b. in Amesbury :-
I. Sarah, b. March 29, 1725.
II. -, b. March 23, 1726.
III Joseph, b. June 23, 1729; d. young.
IV. Joseph, b. Feb. 21, 1732; m. Judith Diamond (Nos. 103, 104).
V. Aaron, b. Jan. 21, 1733; m. Sarah Stevens (96, 97).
No. 102.
Martha Gile, b. 1726, in Plaistow, a daughter of Daniel and Joanna ( Heath ) Gile of Plaistow. She married Joseph Hadley (No. 69), and moved to Hampstead, where her chil- dren were born (p. 413, Vol. 1). She was admitted to the church May 31, 1761, died 1785, and was buried in the Hadley cemetery at East Hampstead.
No. 103.
Joseph French, Jr., b. Feb. 21, 1732, in Amesbury, Mass., son of Dea. Joseph and Hannah (Gould) French, of Hamp- stead and Amesbury (Nos. 100-101) ; married Judith Dia- mond (No. 104). He was received a member of the church by letter from the Church of Christ at South Hampton, June 18, 1762, and died in Hampstead, Nov. 8, 1808, aged 77 years. He was a captain in the militia, and major in the Revolutionary war.
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No. 104.
Judith Diamond, b. in South Hampton, 1734, a daughter of Ezekiel and Miriam (Fowler) Diamond, of South Hamp- ton, who emigrated from Devonshire, Eng., about 1725. She married Joseph French (No. 103), Dec. 12. 1752, and was adm. to the church by letter from the Church of Christ of South Hampton, JJune 18, 1762. She was the mother of children :---
I. Ezra, bapt. in South Hampton, June 2, 1754.
II. Ilannalı, b. Jan. 15, 1764; d., unmarried, in Hampstead, 1859, aged 96 years.
III Ephraim, bapt. in South Hamp., Aug. 24, 1755.
IV. Joseph, m. Molly Tilton (Nos. 173, 174).
V. Dorothy, bapt. in South Hamp., Nov. 6, 1757.
VI. Sarah, m. Joshua Stevens (see No. 188).
VII. Miriam, b. Oct. 27, 1770 (No. 185).
No. 105.
Samuel Browne, b. in Newbury, Mass., July 7, 1712, a son of James and Rebecca ( Kelly ) Browne of Newbury. He mar. his cousin Hannah Pike (No. 106), and soon after removed to Plaistow ; about 1741, removed to Hampstead at the farm lately the home of Joseph G. Brown (No. 527). He was adm. to the church by letter from the church, at Newbury June 27, 1762, and d. in Hampstead about 1780.
No. 106.
Hannah Pike, b. Mar. 13, 1713, in Newbury, ' Mass.," a daughter of Hugh and Hannah ( Kelly ) Pike of Newbury. Iler parents settled in Plaistow before 1741. She mar. her cousin Samuel Browne (No. 105), in 1735, and was received as a member of the church, by letter from the church at Newbury, June 27, 1762. She d. in Hampstead, in 1804, aged " over 90." July 2, 1734, she gave a receipt to the executor of the estate of " Her honored uncle Richard Kelly," for gift of a feather bed, and the receipt was signed with
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her mark. Two years later, May 12, 1736, Samuel Browne and Hannah his wife, signed a receipt to the same executor, and signed her name in full, with a fair handwriting, and saying, "she had in the interval of two receipts, ob- tained a husband, and had also learned to write." She was the mother of the following children, and perhaps others :-
I. Moses, m. Sarah Kimball, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Web- ster) Kimball of Ilampstead. They had children, b. in Hampstead.
1. James, b. Aug. 15, 1763, m. Alice Ferren, resided in Hampstead, and had children :- 1. Enos, b. Nov. 13, 1784, m. Sally Brown, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (George) Brown, his cousin. He d. Nov. 13, 1784: she d. Feb. 10, 1786. Their children :- 1. James, b. May 10, 1815; d. Nov. 5, 1831. 2. Wil- liam II., b. May 15, 1819; d. Dec. 15, 1895; mar. Mary Ann Hadley; she d. Sept. 8, 1869; children were -1. Prescott W., b. April 14, 1844; d. unm. Aug. 28, 1881. 2. Charles II., b. Feb. 19, 1846; d. Jan. 31, 1870. 3. Mary L., b. Aug. 26, 1847; d. unm. July 6, 1868. 4. Sarah J., b. July 6, 1849; d. Dec. 28, 1855. 5. Louisa S., b. July 6, 1849, d. Nov. 24, 1853.
2. Jona. Kimball, b. March 10, 1790, m. Sarah Brown.
3. Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1794.
2. AAbigail, b. July 4, 1764.
3. Sarah, b. March 6, 1767, mar. Daniel Browne (cousin).
4. Simeon, b. July 2, 1769, m. Susannah Johnson; had six children (p. 406, Vol, 1).
5. Jonathan, b. Feb. 22, 1772.
6. Alice, b. Feb. 17, 1776, m. Thomas Pierce of Atkinson.
7. Moses, b. Mar. 24, 1780.
8. IIannah, b. June 23, 1783; d. unm.
II. Joseph, m. Susanah Johnson (see Nos. 141-142).
John. m. Lucy Abbott.
III. IV. Samuel Jr .. m. Hannah or Abigail (George), and had ten chil- dren, b. in Hampstead, d. at the old Browne residence. Of these children, Daniel, b. Nov. 5, 1797, mar. his cousin Sarah Browne, and had children :-- 1. Dana. 2. Oscar, b. Jan. 26, 1830, mar. Emily S. Davis (see Nos. 234 and 235), May 1, 1853. Ile d. in Worcester, Mass., May 7, 1896. They had two children, George and Marland of Worcester. 3. Har- land, d. unm. Joseph, son of Samuel, Jr., and Abigail
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Browne, b. Oct. 7, 1851, mar. Sally Greenleaf, who was b. March 19, 1785, mar. April 14, 1814. He d. Dec. 24, 1850; she d. Oct. 24, 1851. They had children :-
1. Mary A. C. (No. 440).
2. Serena, mar. Nathan Johnson (No. 461).
3. Abigail A., b. Oct. 25, 1824. [d. unm. Sept. 8, 1847, in Hampstead.
4. Joseph G. (No. 527), mar. Sarah J. Hall (No. 508).
No. 107.
John Calfe, b. in Newbury, Mass., June 13, 1741, was the oldest son of John and Naomi ( Eliot) Calfe of Newbury, and grandson of John and Deborah (King) Calfe, who moved to Chester from Newbury, and owned proprietary rights in several towns in this vicinity, and much land in Chester, where he held various town offices. The grand- father John, was son of Robert Calef the emigrant, to Bos- ton undoubtedly (who always spelled his name Calef ; the next three or four generations spelled it as did Hon. John of Hampstead, but all of the name now seem to have gone back to the original spelling of the name). Robert Calef was the author of " More Wonders of the Invisible World." He emigrated to America before 1638, and later became con- spienous through a controversy with Cotton and Increase Mather, in which he emphatically denounced their witeh craft theories. There have been doubts expressed as to whether the author was the elder Robert or the son Robert. Hon Arthur B. Calef. late of Middleton, Conn., who made a study of the Calef family in America, and collected many family records, wrote in 1899, " there is no reason to believe that the son Robert was the author, both by reason of his probable youth, and also, because there is a copy with the autograph of the author, in the Lenox Library, at New York, which was presented by Robert the elder to Gov. Bellingham, and the writing corresponds with that of Robert the emigrant, as seen on the records."
A sketch of Hon. John Calfe of Hampstead was published
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in Vol. 2, of the N. H. Historical Collection, and Monthly Literary Journal at Concord, in 1823, by J. B. Moore. The sermon preached at his funeral, Oct. 30, 1808, by Rev. John Kelly, is reprinted in Vol. 1, p. 273, and a partial history of his life is given in that paper. "He was said to have been a great man in intellect as well as in stature. He was five feet eight and one-half inches in height, and weighed over three hundred pounds."
He was admitted a member of the church, Oct. 16, 1763, and remained a member just forty-five years. He was elected deacon, in 1773, April 20, and served thirty-five years. He mar. his cousin Lois Calfe of Kingston (No. 108). His life work will be found in above mentioned publications. He resided where Mr. Charles H. Osgood now resides.
No. 108.
Lois Calfe, b. in Newbury, Mass., January 4, 1739, was a daughter of Deacon William and Lois (Sawyer) Calfe of Kingston. Her father lived in Newbury, where he mar. his first wife Sarah Cheney ; she d. leaving him one child, Col. John, later of Kingston. Her father purchased 15 acres of land of Obed Elkins of Kingston, April 19, 1739, and moved to Kingston soon after. He mar. Lois Sawyer, Nov., 1740, and had ten children, Lois being the second, she was bapt. in Kingston, Jan. 13, 1740. She was adm. to the church, Oct. 16, 1763. She mar. her cousin Hon. John Calfe (No. 107), and was the mother of five sons and four daughters.
I. Lois, b. June 27, 1763.
II. Molly, b. June 27, 1765, m. John Poore of Hampstead.
III. Child, b. April 7, 1767, d. young.
IV. John, b. June 13, 1768, d. young.
V. John, b. Mar. 20, 1771.
VI. William, b. May 1, 1773, mar. Mary Little (No. 371).
VII. Joseph, b. Dec. 4, 1775, mar. first, Nabby Kimball, daughter of Nathaniel and Susanna (Sawyer) Kimball of Plaistow. Her father was ensign in the Revolution, and afterwards was
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quartermaster in Col. Cilley's reg., and in 1777, was ap- pointed deputy sheriff of Rockingham county, and coroner in 1794. Joseph and Nabby Calef had one child.
1. Nabby, b. Mar. 31, 1803. His wife d. Oct. 8, 1804, and he mar. second, Margaret Mckenzie, July 9, 1807, and had children.
2. John, b. Dec. 9, 1808, m. and resided in Weare; had one son, Robert, and daughters, Etta and Lizzie.
3. Nabby Kimball, b. June 8, 1810 (No. 504).
4. Caroline, b. May 21, 1820, m. John Sanborn; buried in West Hampstead cemetery.
5. Joseph James, b. April 2, 1828, m. Mary F. Batchelder (widow, resided at Haverhill, Mass., 1902), one daughter Margeret Ann, in business in Lawrence, Mass. Mrs. Calef is descended from the first minis- ter in the West Parish.
6. Margeret Ann, b. (twin to Joseph J.), m. Loren Flan- ders of Sandown. They resided in Nashua.
VIII. Sarah, b. Aug. 6, 1778.
IX. James, m. Anna Kimball (Nos. 334, 225, 314).
Mrs. Calfe d. in Hampstead, and was buried in the village cemetery.
No. 109.
Abiah Hunkins, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 9, 1715, a daughter of Robert and Abiah (Page ) Ilunkins of Haverhill and Bradford, Vt. She married John Muzzey (No. 51), and was admitted to the church March 25, 176., and died in Hampstead. Her children were born in Hampstead (p. 423, Vol. 1). Her son Thomas, b. July 17, 1845-6, married Martha Pearson, and had eight children, b. in Hampstead (see p. 423, Vol. 1) ; second, he mar. Tamer Little (No. 78, Covenant list).
No. 110.
Charles Johnson, b. in Hampstead, May 29, 1737, son of Michael and Mary (Hancock) Johnson. Some records say that Michael Johnson came, in 1730. from North London- derry, Ireland, to Londonderry, originally from Scotland,
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but the birth of a daughter, Abigail, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 31, 1728, would seem to show that he was in Haverhill early. Their children, born in Hampstead, were :-
I. Col. Thomas Johnson, of Revolutionary fame in Vermont; m. Abigail Carlton, daughter of Dudley Carlton, of Bradford, Mass.
II. Robert Jolinson, m. Abigail Kincaed; had daughter; m., first, Luther Bailey; second, James Bailey.
III. Miriam, m. Eben Mudgett of Hampstead and Weare; second, Capt. Wm. Marshall of Hampstead.
IV. John Johnson, died in Hampstead, 1756; buried with Michael, the father, in the village cemetery (p. 309, Vol. 1).
V. Mary, m. Samuel Kinkead of Windham in 1752.
Charles Johnson was admitted to the church March 25, 1764, and married Ruth Marsh (No. 111). He was dismissed "upon his own request that they be received by the church in Newbury." He was a distinguished officer in the Revolu- tionary army, and captured a sword from a Hessian lieuten- ant, which has been handed down in his family, and was recently in the possession of Charles S. Johnson, of Lodi, N.Y. He removed to Haverhill in 1772, where he was a deacon of the church, justice of the peace, member of the General Assembly, and one of the founders and trustees of the Ha- verhill Library. He died in Haverhill, March 3, 1813. Many of the descendants of Michael and Mary ( Hancock) Johnson spell their names Johnston.
No. 111.
Ruth Marsh, b. in Haverhill, Mass., June 22, 1739, a daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Smith) Marsh of Haver- hill. She married Charles Johnston ( No. 10), in Providence, Rhode Island, May 13 or 16, 1762. She was admitted to the church membership March 25, 1764, and was dismissed to be received by the church at Newbury, at Coos, Feb. 27. 1774. They had children :-
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I. Capt. Michael, b. in Hampstead, April 19, 1764; married, Sept. 23, 1784, Sarah, daughter of Dea. Joseph and Hannah (Hale) Atkinson, of Boscawen. She was of the same family as Nathan IIale, the "martyr spy." Capt. Michael died at Haverhill, N. H., Oct. 12, 1848; grandparents of Miss Philena. McKeen, for many years principal of Abbott Academy at Andover, Mass.
II. Polly, b. in Hampstead, May 13, 1766; m. Ilenry Burbank in 1785; d. May 17, 1889. Other children were born in Haver- hill.
No. 112.
Timothy Goodwin, b. April 24, 1743, in Hampstead, son of Nathan and Rhoda (Colby) Goodwin (Nos. 47, 48). He married Anna Gould (No. 113), and was admitted to the church July 28, 1765. He was prominent in town and church affairs, and was elected deacon of the church June 1, 1776, and continued until his death, about 1804. He lived at the present homestead of Henry Morgan, at East Hamp- stead.
No. 113.
Anna Gould, b. in South Hampton ; bapt. June 12, 1743; daughter of Nathan and Abigail (Stevens) Gould, of Ames- bury, Mass. She married Timothy Goodwin (No. 112), and was admitted to the church July 28, 1765, and died in Hamp- stead about 1790. She had eight children, b. in Hampstead. (p. 412, Vol. 1.)
No. 114.
Sarah Sanclear, b. in Kingston, April, 1734, daughter of George and Hannah (Downer) Sanclear, of Hampstead (No. 130). She was admitted to the church July 28, 1765.
No. 115.
Hannah Sanclear, b. in Kingston in 1738, daughter of George and Hannah (Downer) Sanclear, of Hampstead (No. 130). She was admitted to the church July 28, 1765, and
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married Moses Poore of Hampstead, March 31, 1767, and had several children, and it has been said lived a while in Weare.
No. 116.
Susanna Black, b. in Haverhill, Mass., a daughter of John and Susanna (Davis) Black of Haverhill. She married Samuel Johnson, April 28, 1843, in Haverhill, son of Stephen and Sarah (Whittaker) Johnson, of Haverhill and Ilamp- stead (No. 11). She was admitted to the church Sept. 28, 1765, and had children, b. in Haverhill :-
I. Mary, b. April 19, 1744.
II. Hannah, b. Dec. 4, 1748.
III. John, b. March 4, 1749.
IV. Samuel, b. Dec. 2, 1751.
No. 117.
Joseph Sawyer, bapt. in Amesbury, Mass., Oct. 31, 1736 son of Edmund and Sarah (Rowell) Sawyer (Nos. 45 and 46). He came to Hampstead with his father when about nine years old. He married Judith Kelly, and owned the covenant in town, July 30, 1759 (see list), and was adm. to full communion May 25, 1766. He settled on " Darby Hill," now called " Jeffers Ilill," about 1756, and later moved to Warner, as one of the earliest settlers. He was a respected citizen, and was deputed to find the first minister for the town, and selected his wife's cousin, William Kelly (No. 135), of Ilampstead. He was a justice of the peace, and was always spoken of as "Squire Sawyer." From the New Hampshire State papers, dated Dec. 16, 1788: "The peti- tion of us, the subscribers, Humbly sheweth that whereas we understand that Commissions of the Peace are soon to be given, We wish that Joseph Sawyer, who has hitherto been honored with a Justice's Commission and has behaved with Integrity and Uprightness, may again be favoured with the
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Honour of that Office for the Town of Warner, and your petitioners shall ever pray." Nineteen signatures. He d. at Warner, Nov. 29, 1813.
No. 118.
Judith Kelly, b. in Amesbury, Mass., Nov. 17, 1737, a daughter of Richard and Hannah ( Bartlett ) Kelly, of Birch Meadow (now Merrimac). Her father was an extensive farmer and shoemaker, and during a large portion of his life he took notes of " passing events." Quotations and extracts of his papers have largely aided local historians.
" Her mother, Hannah Bartlett, was a woman of very strong will and almost indescribable power of physical endurance. At one time her pastor made some sensatious remarks about her treatment of a slave, Reuben, and she left his commun- ion and connected herself with the Presbyterian Church in Newburyport, where she would walk every Sabbath, no mat- ter what the weather, a distance of ten miles, attend two services of two hours in length, and if she could find a siek person she would watch all night, walk home, and do burden- some work of a large family wash. Once her husband built a stone wall not where she thought it should be put, and she removed it all with her own hands and built it where she wanted it put, but age wrought its soothing balm, and she became a genial old lady."
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