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No. 195.
Mary Darling, b. in Amesbury, Mass., July 9, 1731, a daughter of Lieut. John and Mary (Brown) Darling, of Amesbury (No. 187). She married Joseph Noyes, as his second wife, March 9, 1784, and was admitted to the church June 23. 1799. She died about May, 1800, as - a request for prayers was asked by Mr. Joseph Noyes of the congre- gation " at that date. She had no children (p. 357, Vol. 1).
No. 196.
Richard Kelly, b. in Amesbury, Mass., March, 1774, a son of Stephen and Lois (Sargent) Kelly. His father lived on
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the homestead of his father in Amesbury. He married his cousin, Eunice Sargent (No. 211), and lived in Hampstead several years, where his five children were born, and then removed to Hopkinton, where he died, Nov. 21, 1843. He was admitted to the church July 7, 1799, and was dismissed to the Hopkinton church before 1823.
No. 197.
Ruth Wyman. b. in Woburn, Mass., Dec. 6, 1742, a daughter of Capt. Benjamin and Esther (Richardson) Wy- man, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Hancock) Wyman, Jr., son of Francis and Abigail ( Reed ) Wyman, the emigrant to America. Ruth Wyman married Jonathan Wright of Woburn (Jacob 4, Jacob 3, Joseph 2. John 1 ), who was born in Woburn, Aug. 16, 1735, a son of Jacob and Deborah (Brooks ) Wright. They were married Jan. 6, 1765, in Wo- burn. "She joined the First Church in Woburn, April 25, 1779, and was dismissed and admitted from that church by letter to this church, Sept. 22, 1799." (Woburn church records.)
Jonathan Wright was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Ile was a member of a troop of horse called out for service during the French and Indian war, in 1757. He purchased the island in the Island pond, in Hampstead. of Timothy Dalton of Newburyport, Mass., in 1799, and Ruth, the widow, sold it to the sons Jonathan and Edmund Wright, who sold it to Thomas Huse in 1802. Their children were :
I. Jonathan, b. in Woburn, March 5, 1766, of Boston, but at one time of Hampstead, and part owner of the Island in 1799.
II. Ruth, b. May 17, 1767; m. Dea. Jacob Richardson, May 25, 1786; she d. March 13. 1844.
III. Jacob, b. April 7, 1769; m. Lucretia Richardson, Nov. 6, 1793.
IV. Deborah, b. Feb. 15. 1776; m. Jacob Tidd, Nov. 16, 1795.
V. Edmund, b. March 27. 1778; m. Rachel Dow, Dec. 9, 1804 (see owned the Covenant, No. 15). They had children, b. on the Island :-
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1. Edmund, b. Oct. 4, 1805.
2. George, b. April 2, 1813; married, and resided in Atkin- son, at the residence of a son, George Edmund; m. Mary Costello; a son, Fred P., m. Mary Knight, and resides in Atkinson; Josiah, married, and resides in Haverhill.
VI. Esther, b. Aug. 19, 1781; m .. first. Samuel Bryant, Nov. 10, 1805; second. -- Wimans, of Albany.
No. 198.
Mary Sawyer, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 29, 1758, a daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Tenny) Sawyer of Haverhill. She married Capt. Joseph Smith, who d. in Hampstead, Jan. 27, 1816, aged 75 years. Joseph Smith was an adjutant in Lieut. Col. Welch's company, of Brig. Gen. Whipple's regiment, and joined the Continental army at Sar- atoga in 1777. Their children were :-
I. Timothy, resided in Hampstead.
II. James. mar. Sarah Colby (see p. 320, Vol. 1).
III. Maj. Isaac, b. May 31, 1793; mar. Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Clarke) Clarke (No. 318); mar., second, Sarah, daughter of Moses and Mary Clement, of Salisbury, Oct. 23. 1834; b. Dec. 9, 1795, and parent of children :-
1. Rufus Clement Smith, b. June 19, 1836; mar. Helen M. Nichols (see No. 285. and Nos. 542, 586, Vol. 1).
2. Joseph, b. March 12. 1839; d. June 17, 1839.
Maj. Smith mar .. third, Abigail Clarke (No. 494). Ile died in Hampstead, June 11, 1869.
Mary (Sawyer) Smith died in Hampstead, Dec. 7, 1804, aged 44 years. She was admitted from the church in North Parish, Plaistow, July 5, 1801.
No. 199.
Robert Chase, b. April 10, 1757, in Newbury, Mass., was a son of Samuel and Sarah (Stewart) Chase of Newbury, now West Newbury. He married Lydia Bodwell, Dec. 7, 1780, and was admitted to the church by letter from the church at Sandown, May 1, 1801. They had children on
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Hampstead records (p. 408, Vol. 1), and Molly, b. Nov. 21, 1782; Ruth, b. Nov. 2. 1786, in Sandown. " He was frozen to death on his own mill pond." in 1820. (From the Chase Family Association Genealogical Collections, by John C. Chase, president, of Derry.)
No. 200.
Samuel Little, b. in Atkinson, July 22, 1757, a son of Samuel and Hannah (Sewell) Little (see Nos. 13, 14). He married Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Huse) Stevens, of Hampstead (see No. 148), April 18, 1780. She died Sept. 15, 1794 (p. 311, Vol. 1). He mar- ried, second, Ruth, daughter of Rev. Henry and Ruth (Ayer) True (No. 201). He married. third, Miriam French (No. 185). He was a prominent farmer in Chester, but later lived in Hampstead, where he died, Jan. 27, 1842. He had no children. He was admitted to the church from the church at Chester, July 4, 1802.
No. 201.
Ruth Ayer True, b. in Hampstead. Feb. 16, 1764, a daugh- ter of Rev. Henry and Ruth ( Ayer) True (Nos. 1, 72). She married Samuel Little (No. 200), and was admitted to the church from the church at Chester, July 4, 1802. She died in Hampstead, Oct. 4, 1811, and was buried in the village cemetery.
No. 202.
Martha Webster, b. in Atkinson, April 4, 1742, a daugh- ter of John and Hannah ( Haines ) Webster. She married Eliphalet Knight, Feb. 27, 1768 (No. 251), and was admit- ted to the church from the church at Atkinson, May 3, 1804, having been admitted to that church June 30, 1799. They had children, b. in Atkinson :
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I. Mary Webster, b. May 5. 1768; m. Col. William Page of Atkin- Soll.
II. Elizabeth, b. June 11. 1771; m. Rev. Josiah Webster. Dec. 2, 1799. Hle was b. in Chester, June 16, 1772, a son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Clifford) Webster of Chester, and later of East Hampstead, where George Plummer now resides. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1798, and Congrega- tional minister at Essex, Mass., six years, when he was called to the Congregational Church at Hampton, in 1808, and re- mained until his death, March 27, 1837. Elizabeth (Knight) Webster, with Polly, daughter of Rev. Stephen Peabody, the first minister at Atkinson, were the first ladies to be admit- ted to the full course of study at Atkinson Academy in 1792. It is said " that they demanded liberty to be educated as fully as their brothers." She was admitted to the church in Atkinson, June 30, 1799. She died at the home of her son. Dr. Eliphalet Webster, at Boseawen, April 9, 1849. They had children :-
1. Dr. Eliphalet Knight, b. May 1, 1802; m. Emily Web- ster, daughter of Col. Ebenezer Webster and wife Sarah, youngest sister of Hon. Daniel Webster. He practised medicine in Litchfield for a short time, then in Hill, from 1833 to 1840, and in Boseawen from 1844 to 1870. IFe d. in Pittsfield, Nov. 9, 1881. They had four children : 1, Daniel Dana, b. Feb. 1, 1835; m. Martha Pillsbury of Boscawen. 2, Sarah E., b. Sept. 3, 1837; m. Augustus Livingston. 3, Emily M., b. Jan. 17, 1844. 4, Edward Knight, b. Aug. 5, 1848.
2. Josiah (No. 299), m. Mary Brickett (No. 300).
3. Elizabeth Clifford, b. June 16, 1805; d. young.
4. John Calvin, b. Jan. 10, 1810; m .. first, Rebecca G. Rummels of Providence. R. I .. and, second, m. Eliza- beth Ripley Bouton. daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Bouton of Concord. He was a graduate of Dart- mouth College in 1832, Theological Seminary. Ando- ver, Mass., 1835; preached one year in Maine. In 1857 was chaplain to American and English seamen in Russia (Cromstadt); was installed pastor at llop- kinton, Mass., Dec. 19, 1863. In 1865, professor of logie, rhetorie, and belles lettres, at Eaton, HI., Sem- inary. for twelve years; pastor of Congregational Church at Lisbon, III., from 1878 to 1881; D. D. at Dartmouth College, 1882. They had nine children, one adopted.
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5. Joseph Dana. b. Ang. 25, 1811; m. Ann Elizabeth, daughter of John Wright of Chicago. He read law, but became clerk in the engineer and war depart- ment, at Washington, D. C. Was made a U. S. civil engineer in 1835, second lieutenant in U. S. topo- graphical engineers in 1835. He was one year in the Mexican war. in 1849, and captain in 1853; was major and colonel of Illinois volunteers in U. S. army ; chief of staff to Gen. Grant till 1862: was with Gen. Thomas at Wood's defeat in 1864; was with Gen. Sher- man in his march to the sea, and was brevetted major general, leaving the service in 1865. They had five children.
6. Elizabeth Knight, b. Dee. 5, 1813; d. young.
7. Dr. Claudius Buchannon, b. Dec. 10, 1815; m. Mary Elizabeth, daughter of David Webster of Pembroke. He was a graduate of medicine in New York Medi- val School, and began practice in Northwood, and removed to Norwich, Conn .. in 1845, and carried on a family school there for young ladies till 1863, when he took a position as assistant surgeon in the army, in which he served till September, 1865, when he was appointed by Gen. Grant U. S. consul at Sheffield, England, where he served for many years. He pre- sented the Webster Memorial Chapel at Hampton, which was dedicated Dec. 23, 1894. He published a few of his poems in 1901, entitled "Four Seore and Other Poems," which are greatly prized by his friends. He died in Concord, Sept. 7, 1902. He had no children.
III. Hannah, b. April 14, 1777; m. Rev. Moses Dow.
IV. Dr. James, b. ; a physician in Hampstead many years, at what is now known as "Cobb's Corner."
No. 203.
Silas Tenney, b. in Bradford, Mass., Dec. 4, 1772, a son of Dea. Thomas and Hannah (Stickney ) Tenney, of Bradford, where his father was deacon of the church from 1779 to his death in 1798. His sister Mary, b. in Bradford, April 27, 1769. mar. Moses Atwood of Haverhill, and were the parents of Harriet Atwood, who married the Rev. Samuel Newell. the celebrated missionary to the Isle of France, and died at
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the age of 19 years and 4 months. He married Rebecca Bailey (No. 204), and removed from Bradford. in 1804, to Chester. at the old Tenney homestead, where Orlando Tenney now resides. He was admitted to the church Sept. 7, 1806, and was dismissed to the church at Chester, February, 1834. and d. July 11. 1834.
No. 204.
Rebecca Bailey. b. in West Newbury, Mass., May 13, 1733. a daughter of William and Anna (Stewart ) Bailey of West Newbury. She married Silas Tenney (No. 203), Oet. 2, 1795. She was admitted to the church Sept. 7, 1806, and dismissed to the church at Chester, February, 1824. She died in Chester, March 11, 1833, at the age of 99 years and 10 months. The children of Silas and Rebecca ( Bailey ) Ten- ney were all given superior educational advantages. four of the six sons being graduates of Dartmouth College. They were all baptized in Hampstead (see list of baptisms), the first four children b. in Bradford, the others in Chester.
I. Bailey. b. Jan. 7, 1797; d. Sept. 3, 1852; m., first. Jane Ware; second, Lydia Hawkes. No children.
HI. Rev. Thomas, b. Nov. 10, 1798; d. May 7, 1874; m. Martha T. Parker: daughter, Mary Eliza, m. Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, D. D., founder of Roberts College, Constantinople, Turkey.
III. Rev. Sewell, b. Ang. 27, 1801: d. June 6, 1890; m. Sarah M. Pearsons.
IV. Sarah, b. Jan. 13. 1804: m., first, Rev. Jonathan Hale: second, Rev. J. R. Arnold. No children.
V. William, b. July 13. 1807; m. Emeline J. Murray: resided at the homestead. Had children : Mary Atwood Tenney (see No. 426), and Orlando M. Tenney, who resides at the homestead. William was a deacon of the church at Chester.
VI. Mary, b. March 2, 1809; d. young.
VII. Harriet, b. April 8, 1812; m. Hon. Thomas J. Melvin of Chester; d. March 17, 1870. Children : Rev. Charles Tenney, Con- gregational clergyman, deceased. 2, Harriet, graduate Mt. Holyoke college, teacher there; d. Dec. 21, 1897. 3. Sarah HI .. graduate Mt. Holyoke; teacher there twenty-five years, and d. there. 4, Josie Greenleaf. d. 1865. 5, John, of
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Chester, and Helen Eliza, graduate Mt. Holyoke College, teacher there, missionary in the Girls' College. Constantino- ple, China, seven years.
VIII.
Rev. Charles. b. Sept. 3. 1814; m., first, Emily F. Parsons; second, Mary E. Kelly, daughter of Hon. John Kelly and widow Mary Chase of Atkinson. He d. Oct. 29, 1888, in Chester. where he was pastor of the Congregational Church.
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Rev. Daniel, b. Dec. 10, 1816; m. Mary Adams Parker; died in San Diego, Calif., Oct. 24, 1892. Their children were : 1. Juliet, m. Rev. James Brand. D. D .. of Oberlin Ohio. 2. Sarah, m. Rev. C. J. Ryder, D. D., of New York. 3. Charles Daniel, principal Atkinson Academy for a time after graduating from Dartmouth College; went as a missionary to China; was president of the American College at Tientsin until the Boxers came; is now at work in China. 4. William. a clergyman, graduated at Oberlin, O .; settled over Congregational Church in North Adams, Mass., president F. and A. College at Springfield, Mass. 5. Tilly, d. 1867, aged 19 years.
Among the descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Tenney have been seventeen ministers, four sons, two sons-in-law, eleven grandchildren and great-grandchildren, among them Rev. William T. Bartley, now of Bennington (see 150th an- niversaries of town and church, Vols. 1 and 2).
No. 205.
Mary Calfe, b. in Hampstead, June 25, 1765, a daughter of Hon. John and Lois (Calfe ) Calfe (Nos. 107-108). She mar. John, son of David and Phebe (Carlton) Poor of Hampstead. June 25, 1795, who was b. Mar. 1, 1770. and moved to Corinth, Vt., in 1798, and returned to the vicinity of his birthplace, occupying some of his father's lands in Derry awhile, but d. in Hampstead, May 20. 1845. Mary (Calfe ) Poor was adm. to the church Sept. 7. 1806, and d. in Hampstead, Oct. 8, 1844. They had children :-
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I. John Calef, b. Aug. 30, 1797; m. Susan, daughter of AAlexander and Susan (Stevens) Boyce of Londonderry, Nov. 22, 1822, and mar., second, Judith Corning. He was a cooper, then cabinet-maker, and later, a carpenter and builder ; lived about one-fourth of a mile east of the station at Derry. He was chosen captain in the State militia, "but since his early days, was inclined to live a quiet life." Their children :- 1. Lorenzo, m. Betsey Fitch ; res. in Derry, and have three chil- dren. 2. George, lived for a time in California. 3. William Wallace, m. Clara Ann Brackett, P. M., and dealer in West India goods, for a long time in Derry ; had six children b. in Derry. 4. John, d. young.
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Jonathan Carlton, b. in Corinth, Vt., m. Mary, daughter of Caleb and Nancy (Cate) Hall, in Candia. A painter and wheelwright, in Derry; had children b. in Derry. 1. Charles, m. Louisa J. Eaton; lived in Weare, and New Boston, and had four children. 2. John, d. unm. 3. Eliza An, m. James Harvey, son of William and Abigail (Eastman) Kezer of Benton; had four children.
No. 206.
Mary Harriman, b. in Hampstead, June 5, 1790, a daughter of Laban and Molly ( Harriman ) Harriman of Hampstead (see No. 84). She was adm. to the church " by faith and baptism." Sept. 7, 1806, "age 16 years." She was afterwards " found to be inclined to Universalism," and admonished in church meeting as follows from the church records. "Samuel Little made complaint that Mary Harri- man was neglecting the public worship and ordinances of God's house, in consequence of which the church chose Dea. Moses Little, Job Kent, and Lt. John Harriman, as a committee to request Mary to meet the church, Nov. 27, 1810, at the house of the pastor, Rev. John Kelly, to give a report of her neglect." She did not appear. The church then chose Robert Chase and Dea. Little to wait on Mary, and show her the nature and importance of the discipline of the church, and to request her to attend the next church meeting.
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The committee reported that they had conversed with her upon the subject of duty, and sentiments and views were requested, one by one, to report to the church, what reasons Mary Harriman assigned, why she neglected her duty, and why she did not appear and answer for herself to the church. And from all that was said upon the subject, it appears evi- dent to all that Mary Harriman was unwilling to be subject to the ordinances of the gospel, or to submit to the order of discipline of the Church of Christ. It also appeared that she was utterly opposed to the doctrines of grace, as they are revealed in the holy Scriptures, and held by this church.
And as she also neglected to hear the church after being repeatedly requested to attend and answer for herself, the church came to the unaminous vote that Mary Harriman be cut off from being a member of this church, as an incorrigi- ble offender against Christ, and his church. The church then chose Deacon Moses Little and Mr. Abner Rogers to join with the pastor in addressing a letter to said Mary Harriman upon the subject of her excommunication. And concluded with prayer to God,
A copy of the letter sent : -
HAMPSTEAD, January 3d, 1811.
To Mary Harriman :-
This letter is to remind you that. in compliance with your earnest request, and in hopes that you would adorn the Chris- tian profession by walking in all of the commandments and or- dinances of the Lord in a blameless manner, you was admitted into the church of Christ, in Hampstead, on the 7th of Sept., 1806. But as you have for a long time neglected the public wor- ship and ordinance of the gospel, and our brother, Samuel Little, having taken the steps with you as Christ has directed in the 18th of Matthew, and you having neglected to hear him and others, he has told it to the church.
The church has, therefore, according to the rules of the gos- pel, called upon you to give the reasons of the neglect of duty.
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And for purpose of attending to this subject, they met at the house of the pastor, on the 27th of November, 1810; but you did not appear as you were requested by a letter of the committee.
The church, therefore, willing to treat you with all tender- ness, and meekness, and love, sent another committee to converse with you, to show you the nature and use of the discipline of the gospel and to request you to attend the next church meeting which was to be held at the house of Deacon Moses Little, on the 25th of December, 1810.
But as you did not attend nor hear the church after solemn prayer, serious consideration and mature deliberation, the church came to their unaminous conclusion that you appeared to be de- termined not to do your duty, nor to submit to any order or dis- cipline of the church, and therefore the church was under the necessity, in obedience to Christ, of cutting you off from being a member of this church.
For Christ says, " If he neglects to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and publican," and the apostle says. " A man that is a heretic, after the first and second ad- monition, reject," Titus 3 : 10, 11.
An heretic is one whether man or woman who adheres to his or her own opinions, and rejects the Scriptures as being the word of God, and neglects duty contrary to his or her own solemn covenant engagements, see also Rom. 16: 17, 18. Read also 2d Thes., 3d chapter, 6th and 14th verses, and you will see that if we obey Christ, and his inspired apostles, we must reject those who walk disorderly and openly neglect their duty, and will not hear the church.
But our earnest prayer to God is that you may be brought to see the sinfulness of your own heart and the evil of your ways, and that you may be brought to repentance of all of your sins, and humbly submit to the righteousness of God, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that you will give a proof of this by submitting to the rules and ordinances of the gospel, as he has commanded his people to observe them.
Should this be your happy case, then we should be under obli- gation to treat you as a true penitent disciple of Christ. accord- ingly as we are directed in Cor., 2d chap. and 2d Thes. 3: 15.
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But if you remain obstinate, and will not be admonished to hear the church, nor to return to God by humble repentance, and by faith in Christ, your case must be dreadful.
For Christ says to his church, " Verily I say unto you, what- soever ye shall find on earth shall be found in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall lose on earth shall be lost in heaven."
Be persuaded to believe the words of Christ, and take warn- ing and repent of your sins that you may be saved.
JOHN KELLY-Pastor.
DEA. MOSES LITTLE. Church
ABNER ROGERS. Committee.
Mary Harriman was obdurate " and was dropped from the church rolls, Jan. 3, 1811." She mar. Isaac Sargent of Plaistow, May 21, 1812, and d. 1830, "a worthy wife and mother " of three children b. in Plaistow.
I. Abigail, b. Sept. 14, 1813; d. young.
II. Sarah, b. March 30, 1816.
III. Gilbert, b. Sept. 3, 1827.
Isaac Sargent her husband, mar., second, in 1832, Ruth J. Rollins of Amesbury, Mass., and had daughter :-
IV. Mary, b. May 30, 1835; m. Charles II. Christian, resided in Georgetown, Mass .; who had children. 1. Arthur C., b. 1866. 2. Ernest M., b. 1872; m. May Witham of George- town.
Ruth, wife of Isaac Sargent, d. 1841, and he then m., in 1844, Lydia J. Holt of Haverhill, Mass., and in 1848, mn., fourth, Cynthia Sternes of Haverhill : who was drowned in Lake Michigan, Sept. 24, 1856. He d. June, 1850, in Hav- erhill, where he was a shoecutter.
No. 207.
Mary Gordon, b. in Hampstead, June 14, 1777, a daughter of John Gordon of Brentwood ( who was a son of James and Lydia (Leavett) Gordon ) and Mary (Polly) Johnson, his
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wife, of Hampstead. She married Silas, son of John and Martha (McKeen) Dinsmoor, of Londonderry. She was admitted to the church May 27, 1808, and died in 1854. Mr. Dinsmoor was a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1791. A lieutenant in the U. S. army, and for a long time was em- ployed as Indian agent by the U. S. govt. in Alabama and Mississippi. Their son, Silas, bapt. in Hampstead, with his mother. May 27, 1808 (p. 385, Vol. 1).
No. 208.
Capt. Simon Merrill, b. in Seabrook, April 10, 1753, the seventh child of " Eliphe "+ (doubtless meant Eliphalet ) and Lydia (Clough) Merrill. Eliphe was b. in Newbury, Mass., Oct. 7, 1717, a son of David. He was a joiner by trade, and moved to Amesbury, Mass., and married Lydia Clough, July 10, 1739, and had two children, b. in Amesbury. He then moved to Hampton Falls, and thence to Kensington and Seabrook, where eight other children were born. Simon Merrill lived on Walnut Hill, in Chester. He was a soldier, enlisting in Capt. Hezekiah Hutchens' company, in Stark's regiment, June 9, 1775, in the Revolutionary war : received the appointment of ensign Nov. 8, 1776. and of that of ad- jutant June 12, 1789, and of captain in the New Hampshire militia Sept. 9, 1793. He was admitted to the church by letter from the church in South Hampton (or Hampton), Dec. 11, 1808. He was dismissed to the church at Chester about 1818 (?). He died in Sandown. April 24, 1840, and was buried in the cemetery at West Hampstead (p. 312, Vol. 1). He was three times married-first. Betsey Ingalls : second, Polly Colby : no children by either; third, Mary Marston. Their children :-
I. Mary C., m. Robert Rogers, and had no children.
II. Simon, m. Hannah W. Kelly (No. 365).
III. Austin Guy, m. Mary Canney and lived in Derry. He was a farmer and fruit raiser. and had three children :-
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1. Samantha C. (No. 444).
2. Helen M., mar. Stephen J. Barker of Methuen, Mass.
3. Alice Marian, a teacher in Somerville, Mass., English High School.
IV. George W., mar. Mary A. Sleeper, and parents of :-
1. George H.
2. Albert J .; res. Walnut Hill, Chester.
3. Ilelen F., d. unmarried; a teacher several years.
4. Lanra A., mar. Engene L. Spinney (Nos. 640, 541). Betsey J., mar. Luther W. Hall, and had two daughters :-
V.
1. Mrs. Isabel Ryder of Manchester.
2. Mrs. Rev. J. G. Robertson of Chester.
Mary, wife of Capt. Merrill, died April 12, 1850, and was buried in West Hampstead cemetery.
No. 209.
Lucy Berry, b. in Middleton, Mass., June 12, 1778, a daughter of Nathaniel and Susannah ( Esty) Berry of Mid- dleton : was admitted to be a member in full communion with this church, Sept. 2, 1810. Nathaniel Berry was born Sept. 16, 1736, and died in 1812. Susannah Esty was a daughter of Jonathan and Susannah (Munroe ) Esty, and was born Jan. 26, 1741, and died May 27, 1827. The Berrys of Middleton were farmers and highly respectable people, reputed to be possessed of considerable means.
Lucy Berry married Isaac Colby, born in Derry, then Londonderry, Feb. 15, 1777, at Middleton, where he was working as a carpenter, on June 23, 1801. After a brief residence in Danvers, Mass., they moved to Hampstead vil- lage. The land records of Rockingham county show that " Isaac Colby, wheelwright, purchased from Daniel Kimball, blacksmith, for $850, on Dec. 29, 1804, a tract of land partly in Hampstead and partly in Londonderry, containing by estimation forty acres, more or less, and bounded as follows, viz. : Beginning at a stake and stone on the southerly side of the road leading from Hampstead to Chester, and by land of Joseph Brickett, thence southwesterly by said Brickett's
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