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Under date of Nov. 3, 1756, Judith's father wrote : " My daughter Judith removed from my house to Darby Hill, so called, in Hampstead, in the Province of New Hampshire, and this is an account of what I gave her, to make her equal to what I have given her sisters in portion." (Then follows a list of goods and valne.)
And in 1749 and 1750 he wrote: "The later end of Feb- ruary and the beginning of March was again a very sorrow - ful time in my family, occasioned by ve canker or throat distemper, of which Judith was first taken and was exceed-
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ing bad with it, but through merey recovered, but Moses and Richard died: John and William recovered."
Judith married Joseph Sawyer (No. 117), Sept. 9, 1756, and owned the covenant, July 30, 1758, and was adm. to the church May 25, 1766.
They had six children, b. in Hampstead (see p. 426, Vol. 1), and then removed to Warner, where others were born (see History of Warner, Antrim, and Sutton, N. H.) Their children, b. in Hampstead :-
I. Abigail, b. May 31, 1757; m. Wells Davis, of Warner.
II. Edmund, b. Sept. 2, 1759; m. Mehitable Morrill. Their son, Jacob Sawyer, was b. in 1794, was the father of J. Herbert Sawyer, of Boston, Mass., to whom I am indebted for much of the facts in relation to Edmund and Joseph Sawyer and their families (Nos. 45, 46, 117, 118).
III. Anna, b. Dec. 19, 1761; m. Joseph B. Hoyt of Warner.
IV. Jacob, b. Feb. 3. 1765.
V.
Moses, b. Feb. 27, 1767; m. Lavinia Kelly, daughter of Rev. Wil- liam, of Warner.
VI. Joseph, b. Feb. 2, 1771; m. Ruth Page.
VII. Judith, b. Oct. 14, 1772; m., first, John Hoyt, of Warner; sec- ond. Isaac Dalton; and d. March 2, 1865, aged 93 years.
VIII. Sally. b. JJune 11, 1769.
IX. Ilannah, b. in Warner; probably m. Mitchell Gilman of Warner. X. Lois.
XI. Richard Kelly, b. June 25, 1779: m. Polly Bean of Warner.
No. 119.
James King, b.
Ile married Deliverance Harriman, of Haverhill, Mass., March 6, 1760, and resided in Haverhill District, now Plaistow, and was admitted to the church in Hampstead, July 27, 1766 They had three children, b. in Haverhill :-
I. Sarah, b. April 30, 1761; d. young.
II. John, b. Jan. 16, 1763.
III. James, b. May 20, 1765
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No. 120.
Job Kent, b. in Haverhill, Mass., March 31, 1743, was a- son of John and Mary (Godfrey) Kent, of Haverhill and Hampstead. John Kent lived for a time near the brook by Atkinson Depot, and later moved to the west part of Hamp- stead, near the home of the late Joseph G. Brown. Job Kent married Alice Little (No. 121), and was admitted to the church July 27, 1766, and remained a member seventy- one years. He was elected a deacon April 30, 1812, and died in Hampstead, Dec. 26, 1837, aged 94 years and 9 months. He served in the Revolution as a private soldier.
Thomas Kent of England came to Gloucester, Mass., prior to 1643. He had a house and land in what is now known as Essex, Mass. His oldest son, Thomas, probably born in England, was among those drafted in King Philip's war, Nov. 30, 1675. He purchased lands at West Gloucester, since known as Kent's Landing. He married Joan -, and their oldest son was Josiah, b. March 31, 1660, who married Mary Lufkin, at Gloucester, April 17, 1689. Their children, b. at Gloucester, were :-
I. Mary, b. Jan. 26, 1690; m., probably, John Bond, 1722.
II. Sarah, b. Ang. 16, 1692.
III. Josiah, b. Aug. 3, 1699; probably moved to Harvard, Mass.
IV. Abigail (No. 64).
V. John, b. March 29, 1700; m. Mary Godfrey (above). Their chil- dren were : 1, Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1723; 2, Jacob, b. June 12, 1726; Josiah, b. June 23, 1728; Joseph, b. June 7, 1730; James, b. June 31, 1732; John, b. Feb. 11, 1735; Sarah, b. Nov. 12, 1738; Jeremiah (see "owned the covenant," No. 65); Job (No. 120); and Judith, m. Thomas Merrill.
No. 121.
Elice, or Alice, Little, b. in Hampstead, March 18, 1746, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Bond) Little (see No. 32). She married Job Kent (120), and was admitted to the church July 27, 1766. She died in Hampstead, Oct. 7, 1816, and was buried in the village cemetery. She was the mother of ten children :-
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I. Joseph, b. Jan. 28, 1766.
II. Thomas, b. Aug. 17, 1767.
III. Mary, b. June 15, 1769.
IV. James, b. Feb. 1, 1772.
V. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1775; m. Samuel, son of Jeremiah Poore, of Atkinson.
VI. Job, b. June 17, 1778.
VII. Alice, m. Samuel Nichols (No. 265).
VIII. Jonathan, m. Clarissa Page (Nos. 245, 246).
IX. Sarah, m. Robert Emerson, Jr. (No. 296).
Y. Lydia, m. Jonathan Brickett (Nos. 232, 233).
No. 122.
Jemima Eastman, b. in Hampstead, March 1, 1750, a daughter of Edmund and widow Hannah (Hills) Eastman (Nos. 66, 67). She married Parker Stevens. son of William and Mary (Tucker) Stevens, who came to Hampstead from Gloucester, Mass., and settled north of the Island pond. William Stevens was doubtless a younger son of John and Mary (Chase) Stevens (see No. 63). He married, first, Mary Tucker, Nov. 24, 1744. She died in Hampstead, June 18, 1748. He then married, Elizabeth, daughter of Antepas Dodge, of Ipswich, Mass. (sister to No. 6), Feb. 20, 1749. She died in Hampstead, March 31, 1750, and he married, third, Lydia Gile, Jan. 19, 1769. (Births of children by the three wives, p. 427, Vol. 1.) The oldest son, Parker, b. Nov. 26, 1745, married Jemima Eastman (above), Feb. 10, 1766, they had children, b. in Hampstead :-
I. Parker, b. Oct. 6, 1767: d. May 12, 1857.
II. Polly, b. Nov. 13, 1769; d. Nov. 24, 1856, in New York State.
III. Edmund, b. Feb. 11, 1772; d. Feb. 2, 1849, in Piermont.
IV. Hannah, b. Feb. 24, 1775; d. Dec. 13, 1857, in Piermont.
V. John, b. Sept. 25, 1777; d. March 7. 1854.
VI. Joseph, b. Feb. 19, 1780.
VII. Caleb, b. Nov. 27, 1782; d. in Concord. March 29, 1870; and was the father of Hon. Lyman Dewey Stevens, of Concord (see address. p. 176, Vol. 1, also remarks at 150th anniversary in this Volume) to whom I am indebted for these items.
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Parker Stevens moved from Hampstead to Piermont, with his seven children, in 1787. He died there, Oct. 15, 1818. Jemima died in Hampstead, Feb. 29, 1784, having been ad- mitted to the church July 27, 1766.
No. 123.
Annar Copp, b. in Hampstead, May 5, 1748, a daughter of David and Hannah (Merrill) Copp. She married Samuel Dodge (see No. 6), and was admitted to the church July 27, 1766. They lived later in Londonderry. Samuel Dodge married a second time in Londonderry.
No. 124.
Elizabeth Worthen, b. in Hampstead, April 12, 1735, a daughter of Samuel and Mehitable (Heath) Worthen of Hampstead and Weare. She married Thomas Cheney, son of Thomas and Hannah (Stevens) Cheney, of Plaistow. They owned the covenant, Nov. 18, 1764. and she was admitted to the church, July 27, 1766. She had three children, and died about 1769. Her husband married, third, Hannah Worthen, and a son, Peter, born in Hampstead, July 18, 1770. He was a member of Capt. Newell's company, of Fitcomb's regiment, and served in Rhode Island in 1777. They removed to Sutton before 1805.
No. 125.
Molly Heath, b. in Hampstead, Jan. 3, 1752, was a dangh- ter of Bartholomew and Hannah (Kelly) Heath of Hamp- stead (No. 54). She married Moses Stevens, May 4, 1766 (?) and was admitted to the church July 27, 1766. She had children, b. in Hampstead (p. 426, Vol. 1).
No. 126.
Mary Smith, b. in Salisbury, Mass., 1737, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Gove) Smith, of Hampton. She married Nathan Goodwin as his second wife (No. 47), and was ad-
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mitted to the church July 26, 1767. She had a son, born in Hampstead :-
I. Smith, b. May 27, 1768; m. Molly Colby. He resided on the homestead for a time, and later on the street in Hampstead near where Joshua Merrick resides, and was a wheelwright by trade (see p. 412, Vol. 1). Their daughter, Peggy, m. John Jackson (see No. 417).
No. 127.
Richard Goodwin, b. in Amesbury, Mass., 1746, son of Daniel and Hannah (Colby) Goodwin, later of Newton. He married Elizabeth Heath (No. 128), and moved to Hamp- stead. He was admitted to the church Sept. 27, 1767, then went to Dunbarton, and later settled in Newport, about 1780, where he d. in 1821.
No. 128.
Elizabeth Heath, b. in Hampstead, Aug. 27, 1748, a daughter of Bartholomew and Hannah ( Kelly) Heath (No. 54). She married Richard Goodwin (No. 127), in Hamp- stead, Dec. 19, 1765, and was admitted to the church Sept. 27, 1767. They had children (it may be that the youngest child was by a second wife) :--
I. Elizabeth, m. Nathan Gould.
II. Moses, b. Dec. 28, 1768; m. Sarah Stanwood.
III. Benjamin, b. April 26, 1770.
IV. Hannah.
V. Polly.
VI. Elizabeth, m. Jonathan Wakefield.
No. 129.
Nathaniel Knight, b. in Plaistow (now Atkinson), May, 1724, the second son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Somersby) Knight, of Atkinson. Nathaniel, Sr., b. in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 22, 1688, son of John and Rebecca (Noyes) Knight of Newbury, mar. Sarah, daughter of Abiel and Jane (Brockle- bank) Somersby of Newbury. They moved to Plaistow soon
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after their marriage, to the farm now owned by John ( Knight) Mason (now East road, Atkinson), and were the first couple to live in the town with a family ; their oldest son, John, who married Sarah Merrill, being the first child in town, b. in 1722, of which proof has been found. John settled where Harry I. Noyes now resides in Atkinson. Nathaniel Knight, Jr., married Abigail Merrill, and had children, b. in Atkinson :-
I. Ruth, b. Ang. 19, 1752; m. Moses Harriman.
II. Abigail, b. Feb. 20, 1755; m. Moses Emery.
III Samuel, b. Feb. 21, 1757; settled in Ryegate, Vt., and m. twice.
IV. Betty, b. Feb. 26, 1759; d. Oct. 3, 1764.
V. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 28, 1761; m. - Smith: settled in Ryegate, Vt.
VI Elizabeth, b. Ang. 7, 1766; m. Simeon Kelly,
and were the parents of :-
1. John Kelly, Esq., b. July 22, 1796; m. Mary, daughter of Moses and Mary (Noyes) Chase. Ile was the only lawyer Atkinson ever had to settle in town, and they were the parents of Mary Elizabeth, wife of the late Rev. Charles Tenney (see Nos. 203, 204), and Henry Arthur, unmarried, employed in the P. O. department at Washington, D. C.
2. Dr. Nathaniel Knight Kelly, b. Sept. 14, 1800, of Plaistow.
3. Jacob, b. June 13, 1803; m. Betsey, daughter of Humphrey, Jr., and Judith (Noyes) Noyes of AAtkinson.
Elizabeth Kelly, the mother, d. April 2, 1860. It is re- lated by those who remember her that she has told the story of how " she has sat on the doorstep of her home (now where John Brackett Mason lives in Atkinson), and seen bears cross from the west, and also could hear the wolves howling in the Kingston woods."
Nathaniel Knight was admitted to the church Nov. 29, 1767, and died in Atkinson, and was buried in Atkinson cemetery.
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No. 130.
Hannah Downer, b. June, 1697. in Newbury, Mass., daugh- ter of Andrew and Susanna (Huntington) Downer of Salis- bury. She married George Sinclear, and lived near the Angly pond, in Hampstead, which was the farm taken by the town (see No. 55) for a small pox hospital, in 1794. He died Apri 11, 1767, aged 72 years. Hannah, the wife, was admit- ted to the church Sept. 27, 1767, and died in Hampstead, Dec. 5, 1768, aged 71 years. She had children :-
I. Susanna, m. John Clark (p. 407, Vol. 1).
II. Sarah (No. 114).
III. Hannah (No. 115).
No. 131.
Simeon Morrill, b. in Amesbury, Mass., May 9, 1726, a son of William Barnes and Lydia ( Pillsbury) Morrill of Amesbury. He married Sarah Morrill (No. 132), and was admitted to the church by letter from the church at South Hampton, May 28, 1769. They moved to Londonderry, later, and probably died there.
No. 132.
Sarah Morrill, b. in South Hampton, bapt. Sept. 11, 1743, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Morrill of South Hampton. She married Simeon Morrill (No. 131), and was admitted to the church by letter from the Church of Christ at South Ilampton, Sept. 27. 1769. She had children, b. at South Hampton :-
I. Barnes, bapt. Jan. 24, 1750; m. Abigail Davis (No. 165).
II. Samuel. bapt. March 17, 1751.
III. William. b. Ang. 5, 1753.
IV. Betty, bapt. April 27, 1755.
V. Sarah, bapt. Aug. 3, 1755; d. young.
VI. Sarah. bapt. Feb. 21. 1762.
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No. 133.
Jane Martin, b. March 10, 1714, in Amesbury, Mass., a daughter of John and Jane ( Flanders ) Martin of Amesbury. She married Thomas Worthen of Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 3, 1734. She was admitted as a widow. Nov. 19, 1769. "She had lived with a niece in town for a few years."
No. 134.
Ephraim Webster, b. in Bradford, Mass., May 13, 1730, a son of Samuel and Mary (Kimball) Webster of Bradford. He mar. Phebe Parker (No. 94), and later moved to Ches- ter. where they resided six years : then they>moved to East Hampstead about 1760, where George Plummer now resides. They probably lived there about fifteen years, then moved to Newbury, Vt., where he built a new house in 1773 (or as Clark and other historians say,-" moved to New York State," which then included Vt.). He was admitted to the church by letter from the church at Chester, Oct. 7, 1770, and died at New Chester, Aug. 18, 1803.
No. 135.
William Kelly, b. in West Newbury, Mass., Oct. 11, 1744, was a son of John and Hannah (Hale) Kelly. His parents soon after their marriage moved from West New- bury, to Salem, and lived first near the summit of Spicket Hill, but later, near the southern base of the road leading from Salem village to Scotland Hill, Haverhill, Mass. Wil- liam graduated from Harvard College in 1767; studied divinity with Rev. Henry True. He was adm. a member of the church May, 1770, and Feb. 5, 1772, was ordained as pastor over the church in Warner.
While an undergraduate in college, he taught school sev- eral winters in Atkinson, and for a certain time after his graduation. He mar. Lavina, daughter of Rev. Abner Bay- ley of Salem, Feb. 24, 1773. He died of apoplexy in War-
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ner, May 18, 1813, and was the parent of five children. From Long's sketch of Warner: "In the spring of 1771, Rev. Mr. Kelly was employed to preach as a candidate, and in November following, he received a call to settle in the ministry with a salary of 40 pounds the first year, to increase 1 pound and ten shillings a year, till it should amount to sixty pounds, and twenty cords of wood annually."
" On the day of his ordination, a Congregational church was gathered, consisting of seven male members." At that time there were but fifteen houses in Warner, and about as many glass windows. "The house built by him, was the first built in Warner with two stories." He was dismissed, at his own request, Mar. 1, 1801, and afterwards preached occasionally in Warner, and vicinity. It is also written of him, that "he was a small-sized, fair-looking man, rather liberal in his religious views, as compared with the ortho- doxy of his times."
No. 136.
Nehemiah Heath, b. Nov. 1, 1745, in Hampstead, was a son of Bartholmew and Hannah (Kelly) Heath of Haverhill, Mass., and Hampstead ( No. 54). He mar. Abiah Kelly (No. 137). He was adm. to the church May 26, 1771, and went to Warner with Rev. William Kelly to settle, and was a deacon of his church (No. 136).
No. 137.
Abiah Kelly, b. in Amesbury, Mass., Dec. 4, 1743, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hastings) Kelly of Hav- erhill ; mar. Nehemiah Heath (No. 136), and was adm. to the church May 26, 1771.
No. 138.
Lydia Rideout, b. in Haverhill, Mass., May 1, 1700 ( ? ), a daughter of James and Jemima (Davis) Rideout of Haver-
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hill. She mar. first, James Holgate of Haverhill, and second, Thomas Williams of Hampstead (No. 77), as his second wife, Aug. 10, 1762. She was adm. to the church Nov. 28, 1773, and d. in Hampstead, Dec. 2, 1784, aged 84 years.
No. 139.
Theopolis Goodwin, b. in Hampstead, Sept. 21, 1753, a son of Nathan and Rhoda (Colby ) Goodwin (Nos. 47-48). He mar. Abigail Adams (No. 140), and was adm. to the church June 19, 1774. He served in the Revolution, at Bun- ker Hill, and in the expedition to Rhode Island; moved to Dunbarton and thence to Newport, in 1784. He d. in 1799.
No. 140.
Abigail Adams, b. Sept. 2, 1750, in Rowley, Mass., daughter of Israel and Deborah (Searl) Adams of Rowley. She mar. Theopolis Goodwin ( No. 139), March 9, 1773, and was adm. to the church June 19, 1774. They had chil- dren :-
I. Deborah, b. Dec. 12, 1776; m. Ralph Chamberlain.
II. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 31; m. 1780.
Polly, b. Feb. 2. 1783; m. Jeremiah Kelsey.
IV. Molly, b. Mar. 3. 1785.
V. Rhoda. b. June 13. 1788; m. David Reed.
VI. Ruth, b. April 30, 1791.
VII. Israel, b. Feb. 14, 1793; called " Judge."
No. 141.
Joseph Browne, b. in Newbury, Mass., 1737, was a son of Samuel and : Hannah (Pike ) Browne ( Nos. 105-106). He mar. Susannah Johnson ( No. 142), and resided where the late Joseph G. Brown resided; was a wheelwright by trade. He was adm. to the church July 31, 1774, and d. in Hamp- stead ; was buried in the village cemetery.
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No. 142.
Susannah Johnson, b. in Hampstead, July 13, 1742, was a daughter of Stephen, Jr., and Susanna ( Lovekin) Johnson, of Hampstead and Londonderry (Nos. 23, 24). She married Joseph Browne (No. 141), and was admitted to the church July 31, 1774. She had six children, b. in Hampstead (see p. 405, Vol. 1).
No. 143.
Jonathan Currier, b. in Gloucester, Mass., Nov. 27. 1737, was a son of Samuel and Lydia (Williams) Currier, who later moved to Haverhill. He married Hannah Clark of Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 1, 1778. Hle was admitted to the church by letter from the church at Methuen, Mass., May 6, 1775. He later was of Piermont.
No. 144.
Austin George, b. in Haverhill, Mass., June 25, 1732, was a son of William and Sarah (Smith) George of Haverhill. He married Sarah Shute (No. 145), Jan. 2, 1755, and moved from Haverhill to Hampstead, to the farm nearly opposite the late residence of I. William George. He was admitted to the church June 25, 1778, and died in Hampstead. His father, b. in Haverhill, June 27, 1705, was a son of John and Ann (Swaddock) George, who had children, b. in Haver- hill :
I. John Swaddock, b. Dec. 15, 1703; m., first, Alice Robinson; sec- ond, widow Sarah English; third, Sarah Colby; and by the three wives had eleven children.
II. William, b. June 27, 1705; m. Sarah Smith, and they were the parents of ten children, of whom Austin, b. June 26, 1732, n. Sarah Shute (above), (the third), and Jonathan, b. Jan. 2, 1735 (the fourth), mar. IIannah Currier (see No. 243).
III. Augustin, b. Jan 18, 1708.
IV. Elizabeth. b. Sept. 20, 1709.
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V. Gideon, b. May 27, 1712; m. Elizabeth Jewett of Rowley, Mass .; lived in Bradford, where children were born :-
1. William, b. in Bradford, Nov. 18, 1737; m. Ruth Has- tings, Nov. 26. 1763, and had children : 1. Robert, b. April 14, 1764. 2, William, b. April 3, 1766. settled in Plymouth, N. H., and was the grandfather of Miss Louisa V. George, compiler in part of the History of Plymouth, and to whom I am greatly indebted for much help in this sketch. William and Ruth (IIas- tings) George moved to Hampstead for a time, where tive other children were born. (See p. 412, Vol. 1.)
No. 145.
Sarah Shute, b. in July, 1732, in Haverhill, Mass., was a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (George) Shute, of Haverhill and Concord. She married Austin George, 2d. Jan. 1, 1755, in Haverhill, and was admitted to the church June 25, 1775. She died Jan. 24, 1830, aged 97 years and 5 months. She had children, b. in Haverhill :-
I. Anstin, b. Dec. 4, 1755; d. young.
II. Abigail, b. Oct. 30, 1756.
III. Mary, b. Sept. 30, 1758; d. young.
IV. Jonathan, b. Sept. 12, 1760; d. young.
V. Jonathan, b. Nov. 9, 1762.
VI. Sarah, b. March 5, 1765.
VII. Austin, b. April 25, 1768; m. Sally Marston; d. Dec. 6, 1806, in Hampstead. (See p. 412, Vol. 1.)
Jacob Shute, father of Sarah (Shute) George, was of French origin. He was a son of a French Protestant, or Huguenot, who fled from Paris on the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and took refuge in Ireland. When 17 years old, disliking the trade to which he had been apprenticed, he ran away, with a man named Dawen, and took secret passage in a hold of a ship for this country. They remained concealed till driven out by hunger. On arriving in Newburyport they, having nothing with which to pay their fare, were sold (their service, for a time) to pay it. They were both bought by Capt. Ebenezer Eastman, of Haverhill, and served him
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until twenty-one years of age. He married Sarah George, and had children : Sarah, mar. Austin George (above) ; John and Elizabeth, born at Pennecook. His wife d. Janu- ary, 1745, and he married a widow, Evan, and had two daughters, that died young. He died in Concord, Feb. 16, 1794, aged 94 years.
According to tradition, Ebenezer Eastman's team of six yoke of oxen was the first to cross the wilderness from Ha- verhill, Mass,, to Concord, or Pennecook, and Jacob Shute was the driver, who, in order to get safely down Sugar Ball bank, felled a pine tree and chained it top foremost to the cart to stay the motion of it down the precipice (Bouton's History of Concord).
Shute afterwards settled in Pennecook, and was one of the first thirty-six men to settle there.
No. 146.
Samuel Currier, bapt. in South Hampton, Jan. 17, 1747, by the Rev. William Parsons, was a son of Dea. Samuel and Hannah ( Morrill) Currier, of Amesbury and Hamp. (see Nos. 98, 99). He mar. Mary Rowell (No. 147), and was adm. to the church Oct. 2, 1775, and elected deacon June 1, 1776, and served till 1804.
No. 147.
Mary Rowell, b. in 1750, in Kingston, a daughter of Dan- iel and Anne (Currier ) Rowell of Kingston. She married Samuel Currier (No. 146), and was admitted to the church Oct. 2, 1775.
No. 148.
Timothy Stevens, b. in Haverhill, Mass., June 20, 1721, a son of John and Mary (Chase) Stevens of Haverhill. He married Elizabeth Huse, who was born Dec. 26, 1840, and moved to Hampstead, near the Derry line, where several
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children were born. He was admitted to the church by let- ter from the Byfield church, June 1, 1776. He died in Hampstead, June 19, 1801, and was buried in the West Hampstead cemetery, where his wife Elizabeth and several of his children lie buried (see p. 311, Vol. 1.). See Appen- dix, Stevens.)
No. 149.
James Emerson, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 10, 1739, a son of Stephen and Hannah ( Marden) Emerson (Nos. 15 and 16). He married Lydia Hoyt (No. 150), and was admitted to the church from Weare, where he went to live when his father moved to that place. He and his wife owned the covenant in Hampstead (see list), Jan. 11, 1761. He was a deacon of the church at Weare, and " was very pious about keeping the Sabbath." It is related that " one day he was riding horseback, with his wife behind him, to meeting. As they jogged along they saw a fox chasing a rabbit, both jumping over and under a log, the rabbit dodging and very much frightened. Mrs. Emerson wanted her husband to get off the horse and scare the fox away. Deacon Emerson said it would be profaning the Sabbath. God would be angry with him if he did, and so he rode on and left the poor bunny to his fate." His wife, in telling the story, said " her husband was a little particular, but she could not tell this time whether he was too pious or too lazy." He died in 1814.
No. 150.
Lydia Hoyt, b. in Salisbury, Mass , April 6, or 9, 1740, a daughter of Moses and Mary (Carr) Hoyt of Salisbury (a sister of No. 91). She married Dea. James Emerson (No. 149), Sept. 25, 1760, and was admitted to the church from the church in Weare, Aug. 30, 1778. She owned the cove- nant in Hampstead (see list), Jan. 11, 1761. She died in 1833, aged 97 years. She had children :-
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I. Moses, b. in Hampstead, Sept. 24, 1760, who settled in Weare.
II. James, settled in Bradford.
III. Stephen, m. - Boynton, and went to Ohio.
IV. IIannah, m. - Stevens; and, second, m.
And three other children, b. in Weare.
No. 151.
Samuel Pillsbury, b. in Rowley, Mass., Dec. 22, 1752, son of John and Ruth (Brocklebank) Pillsbury, both of Rowley, m. March 16, 1742. He married Elizabeth Pingree, of New Chester, Nov. 27, 1776, and lived for a time in Chester, and soon after moved to Salisbury, where they had ten children. He was admitted to the church by letter from the Third Church at Newbury, Mass., May 3, 1779.
No. 152.
Abner Rogers, b. April 14, 1739, in Amesbury, Mass., son of Robert and Hannah (Sargent) Rogers, of Amesbury and Newbury. He married Hannah Rowell (No. 153), and was admitted to the church Oct. 29, 1780. He was a carpenter by trade, and lived at what is known as the "old Brickett place," near the Hog Hill brook. He, in company with Lieut. Thomas Reed, " built the porch and steeple to the old meeting house, in 1793, and took two pews as part payment for the work " (p. 161, Vol. 1).
No. 153.
Hannah Rowell, b. July 7, 1732, in Amesbury, Mass., a daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Puddington) Rowell, of Amesbury ; married Abner Rogers (No. 152), and was ad- mitted to the church Oct. 29, 1780. Their children were :-
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