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Adam, son of Josiah, graduated at Dartmouth College, 1817; studied law at Cambridge ; settled in Pensacola ; re- moved to Key West, Florida ; he married, Oct., 1825, Eliza, daughter of Joseph W. Page, by whom he had nine children, three of whom (Joseph W., Martha J. and Ann E.) died in infancy ; Josiah, in California ; George, in Yale College ; and Eliza J., Charles C., Oliver E. and Florian W., now reside with their parents, at New Haven, Conn.
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Eliza B., daughter of Josiah and Jane, married P. P. Woodbury, M. D., of Bedford, Oct 25, 1832, and had four children. [See Woodbury.]
Jane, daughter of Josiah, now lives on the homestead.
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John and Mary, married Jonathan Bailey, and had six children, - Daniel, Sarah, Eliza, John G., Gilman, Sophronia and Jno., all dead but Eliza. Lived and died at Charlestown, Mass.
Nathaniel, son of John and Mary, married Mille Rand. [See Rand.] Died 1827. Had five children, - Alfred, Sa- rah, Nancy, Emily and Mary.
Alfred, son of Nathaniel, married Mary Jones, and went to Illinois.
Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel, married Enos Reed, of East Cambridge, Mass., and had seven children.
Nancy, married Robert Walker; settled and died at Illi- nois ; had four children. [See Walker.]
Mary married John Nichols, and settled in Illinois. Had nine children.
Emily, married Mr. Prentiss ; had one child, and died at Billerica, 1841.
Anna, daughter of John and Mary, married Robert Rand, and had ten children. He died in the war of 1812. She married, as her second husband, Joseph Bailey, of Hillsbor- ough, by whom she had two children, -Josiah G. and Ann Rebecca.
Mary, daughter of John and Mary, married Oliver Newell, and had four children, - Nancy, John, James and Oliver. He died in the West Indies, 1802; she died, 1848.
Samuel, son of John and Mary, married Isabella McPher- son, had children, removed to Hillsborough, thence to Stockbridge, Oneida County, N. Y.
James, son of John and Mary, married Elizabeth West, Belfast, Me .; had two daughters, viz., Mary and Sophronia ; lives in Boston.
Sally, daughter of John and Mary, married Cotton Eaton, of Goffstown, and had twelve children ; moved to Maine.
William, son of John and Mary, graduated at Dartmouth College, 1811; entered the practice of law at Charlestown, Mass., where he died, 1835, of inflammation of the lungs, in consequence of an injury from a passing carriage, while hand- ing a letter to a stage-driver.
Robert, son of John and Mary, married Elizabeth Carlisle,
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of Brighton ; had two sons, - Robert and George; died 1824. His son Robert, in California, graduated at College, 1844; George graduated at West Point, 1845; was in the Mexican War, under Gen. Scott; was in all his battles, and was wounded while escorting a train to Vera Cruz.
Rebecca, daughter of John and Mary, married Wm. Reed, of Boston ; had five sons and two daughters.
Daniel, youngest son of John and Mary, married Louisa Dole, Feb., 1825, and had five children, - Elizabeth D., Mary J., Louisa D., John B. and Richard D. The family removed to Beloit, Wisconsin, 1845.
Samuel, son of Nathaniel that came over, and brother of John, married Eleanor Mitchel, of Shirley, Mass., who was born in Limerick County, Ireland, and came to this country at the age of six. They had thirteen children, - Samuel, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Nathaniel, Eleanor, Jane, Mary, Nehemiah, John and Nancy. Two died in infancy.
Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel, married John ·Bell, and died in childbed.
Hannah, daughter of Samuel, married Ephraim Smith, a Revolutionary soldier, and had children.
HALL. The earliest record of the name in New England is 1634, when John Hall, of Lynn, was admitted freeman ; Robert, of Boston, blacksmith, was a member of the church at that time ; six others were admitted prior to 1650. The Halls became residents of Billerica after 1750, and in 1826 were extinct in that town.
Samuel, probably grandson of Samuel, who in 1638 was member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, was of Billerica, and married Hannah Kittredge, Jan. 25, 1727. Record shows he had a son, born March 28, 1747, who died Oct. 31, 1749. His wife, Hannah, died July 21, 1750. He married again, April 24, 1751, Hannah Saunders, of Tewksbury.
Thomas, supposed to be son of Samuel, was of Billerica ; married, April 15, 1761, Lydia Keyes, by whom he had two sons and four daughters ; he died May 10, 1772; his widow married Samson Crosby, moved to Milford, N. H., had one daughter, and died 1836, aged 94.
Nathan, son of Thomas, born Aug. 6, 1767; about 1790,
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married Ruth, daughter of Peres and Abigail Waterman Oakham, Mass., who by her father was a lineal descendant from the Plymouth pilgrim of that name. Nathan was a blacksmith ; he used to relate that when apprenticed to the trade, he has many a time gone in from the shop, and eaten for supper brown bread and milk, by count, just fourteen spoonsful, then returned and worked till 9 o'clock. He died Oct. 23, 1812; his wife died Jan. 12, 1815.
Benjamin, son of Nathan, born in Milford, N. H., Sept. 17, 1812; youngest of the family. There were nine chil- dren, four sons and five daughters, all married and living in New Hampshire, in 1837, but at this date, (1850) three are dead. Benjamin, married Sarah M., daughter of Isaac At- wood, Bedford, April 13, 1836, and had children, - Benj. Orland, Aug. 15, 1837 ; Sarah E., May 21, 1839; Philo E., Feb. 22, 1848; Clara E., July 8, 1850, and died 21st same month. Mr. Hall became a permanent resident of this town Nov., 1848, and is now on the farm owned, cleared and occupied by Isaac Atwood and father for seventy-one years. He is the only man of the name in the town.
HOGG. Joseph Hogg, born in Ireland, settled in Lon- donderry, N. H., married, and had children, - Thomas, James, William, Hugh, Agnes, Mary and Sarah.
William, son of the above, born in Londonderry, Oct. 10, 1770; came to this town, and married Rachel, daughter of Samuel Moore ; had his name changed to Moore ; he had children, - Hugh, Joseph, Stephen, Polly, Achsah, Louisa, Margaret, Rebecca, Sarah J. and Rachel.
Hugh, son of the above, married and lived in Merrimac.
Joseph, son of William, born Sept. 7, 1792, married Miss Richardson, and had children, - William P. R., Hugh G., Charles W., Louisa, Lydia M. and Margaret E. Stephen married Miss Hardy, and lived in Piscataquog Village. The daughters are some of them married and settled near, and some remain on the homestead.
HOLBROOK. John Holbrook, of Roxbury, Mass., died 1735, aged 72.
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Ralph, son of the above, married Dorothy Williams, and had five children, - John, Ebenezer, Polly, Elizabeth and Dolly.
John, son of Ralph, entered the army of the Revolution, with his brother Ebenezer, while young; 1783, married Sarah Griggs, Brookline, and had children, - Polly, John, Ralph, Ebenezer, Sarah, Thomas G., Abiel and Joseph ; in 1803, he moved to Bedford, where the two youngest children were born.
Ralph, son of John, married Lucy Dodge, of New Boston, in 1824, and had children, - Sarah Annis, born Feb. 22, 1825; Mary W., July 7, 1827; Lucy Ann, Sept. 17, 1829; Lydia D., Feb. 26, 1832 ; Griggs H., June 16, 1835 ; Ralph, Jan. 14, 1838 ; Levi, Feb. 4, 1841, died May 7, 1845.
Ebenezer, son of John, married, March, 1819, Matilda, daughter of Ebenezer French, and had children, - David, Nov., 1819; Maria, March, 1822; John, June, 1829.
Sarah, daughter of John, married Ebenezer C., son of Ebenezer French, and had children, - Alfred and Eliza- beth.
Thomas G., son of John, married Asenath, daughter of Gawn Riddle, Dec., 1826, and had children, - George, April, 1830 ; James, Aug., 1832 ; Albert, March, 1837 ; Silas, Nov. 1839.
Abiel, son of John, married Lucy Sanderson, Jan., 1833, and had children, - Joseph G., March 2, 1834; Susan, March 12, 1838, and Horace, Feb. 3, 1841.
Joseph, son of John, died, from an injury received in a stage, in Watertown, Mass., 1833, aged 26, unmarried.
Polly and John, the two oldest of John, were married and live at a distance.
[NOTE.] In the possession of Ralph, of this town, is a silver tankard, with the inscription of his grandfather of the same name.
JENNESS. Francis Jenness came from England in 1660; had a son Richard, who was father of Nathaniel.
John, son of Nathaniel, had a son Nathaniel, who was father of Thomas.
Thomas, was born in Rye, N. H., 1774; married Sally Paige, and had children, - Fanny, Jonathan, Joseph, James, Simon, Polly and Abigail.
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Simon, son of the above, born in Rye, Aug. 30, 1811; married Messilvia Fox, and settled in Bedford, 1839. They had children, - Albert M., Simon B. and Messilvia Ann. First wife died 1843. Married Eliza Paige, as his second wife, Oct. 13, 1844, by whom he had one child, - Maria F.
MACK. Of the ancestry of the Mack family, nothing is Known prior to John Mack, who married Sibella, daughter of Sir John Brown, emigrated to America from Londonderry, Ireland, previous to 1736, and settled in Londonderry, N. H. He died in 1753, his wife in 1770. His children were, - William, Jeanette, John, Robert, Martha, Elizabeth, Andrew and Daniel.
Andrew, married Elizabeth Clark, and resided in London- derry. His children were, - Jane, Laetitia, Elizabeth, John, Sibella, Robert and Daniel.
Daniel, settled in Bedford in 1812, and followed the occu- pation of a blacksmith. He married Sophia Kendrick, of Amherst. In 1836, he was elected an Elder in the Presby- terian Church, and has been twice chosen a Delegate from Londonderry Presbytery to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. His children are, - Daniel Kendrick, Rufus Kendrick, (died 1844,) Sophia, Neal, (died 1827,) and Bella, (died 1841.)
Daniel Kendrick, married Mary Ann, daughter of Dea. John French, of Bedford, and resides with his father. Has one child, - Harriet Ann.
MANNING. William Manning came over with three sons, previous to 1639, as appears by the records of Cam- bridge, where he settled and spent his life.
William, son of the above, lived in Cambridge, was chosen counsellor in 1673, and held other offices for several successive years.
William, son of second William, born 1677, in Cam- bridge, married and settled in Billerica about 1700. He had children, - William, Jacob, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Rachel, Martha and Hannah.
Jacob, son of the above, born in Billerica, March 27, 1701,
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married Martha Beard, settled in Billerica, and had children, - Isaac, Thomas, David, Jacob, Daniel, Mary, Martha and Esther.
Jacob, son of the above Jacob, settled in Billerica, married Hannah Butterfield, by whom he had children, - Jacob, Asa, Martha and Esther. He was at Concord, April 19, 1775, but on account of distance, did not arrive till the British had retreated. He was afterwards killed by falling from a load of hay.
Jacob, son of the last, born in Billerica, Dec. 16, 1771, settled in Chelmsford, married Lucy Andrews, by whom he had children, -Jacob, Solomon and Lucy. He removed to Lyndeborough, N. H., with his family, where, in 1812, he died, of spotted fever, after an illness of a few hours.
Solomon, son of last Jacob, born in Chelmsford, May 16, 1799, settled in Bedford, married Mary Fletcher, by whom he had children, - Joseph, Jacob W., Dudley H., Solomon, Mary, Lucy A., Sarah J. and Harriet A.
Joseph, son of Solomon, born in Tyngsborough, April 23, 1824, married Miriam N. Hall, and settled in Reading, Mass.
Mary, daughter of Solomon, born in Bedford, April 27, 1828, married Hartwell Nichols, of Reading, Mass., where they reside.
This name is very numerous throughout the New England States and other sections of the country, and in England even more so than in this country, as appears from the " British Records," published by order of Parliament, which state that the name occurs in twenty-two Counties in England as early as 1272 ; so that, in a period of more than five and a half centuries, by ordinary increase, there are more than could be traced in a lifetime.
MCAFFEE. Matthew McAffee, born in Rochester, N. H .; came to Londonderry, N. H., 1720; married Nancy Aiken, who died, leaving one child; again married, Susan- nah Morrison, to whom were born William and Samuel ; 1760, settled in Bedford, when they had children, - Mary, John, James, David, Matthew and Susan.
William, son of the above, born 1758; married Elizabeth Boies, born 1762, whose parents came from Ireland and mar-
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ried in this country. William and Elizabeth McAffee had children, - Samuel, Anne, John, Mary, Susan and David.
Samuel, son of William, born 1783; married Catharine, daughter of John Holmes, Londondery, born 1792; had children, - Alfred, William, Adam, John, Jane, Catharine, Samuel, Ira and Achsah.
MCLAUGHLIN. John Mclaughlin and Mary, his wife, came from Ireland about 1735; settled in Bedford, occupying a house a little north of the Gordon house; he was first Town Clerk of Bedford, and had children, - John, Thomas, Isabella, Rosanna and Mary. Capt. Thomas married Mar- garet Ayers, of Derry ; he served as Ensign in Canada in 1754, as Lieutenant at Bunker-Hill, and was knocked down by earth thrown up by a ball at Charlestown neck, on the retreat of the Americans. He moved to Maine in 1802 or 1803, where he died, aged 84. He has descendants in Maine and Massachusetts. A grandson in Boston, Ephraim B. Mc- Laughlin, adopted the name of "Mason" for himself and family in 1842.
John, son of the above, born in Ireland, 1720, and married Jennet Taggart, by whom he had children, - Isabella, James, Patrick, Martha, John, Mary and Daniel, whose descendants now chiefly reside in Maine.
Patrick, son of the above, born 1767, married Deborah Martin in 1793, by whom he had children, - Polly, Daniel, John and Hannah, Rodney, Nancy, and two who died in infancy. Patrick died 1832, aged 67; Deborah, his wife, died 1832, aged 61.
Polly, daughter of Patrick, died 1815, aged 21.
Daniel, son of Patrick, born 1798, married Fanny Gault, by whom he had six children, -John G., Deborah, Nancy J., Dolly Frances, George and Patrick Henry. Dolly F. died 1847 ; the rest of the family remain in town.
John, son of Patrick, born 1800, removed to Maine, and resides in Bangor.
Hannah, born 1802, married Charles Rollins, Haverhill, Mass., and had children, - Rodney and James.
Rodney, born 1804, married Abigail Hodgman, 1831, by whom he had seven children, - Aoijah H., Nancy, Sarah Annis, Rodney, Sumner, Clarissa, Charles Edward and an
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infant. Abigail, his wife, died 1846, aged 35. Rodney mar- ried again, Jerusha C. Spofford, by whom he had two chil- dren, who died in infancy.
Nancy, daughter of Patrick, died 1831, aged 23.
McQUESTEN. William McQuesten emigrated from the north of Ireland, to New England, about 1730, and married Margaret Arburkle. He remained a few years at Malden or Medford, Mass., - probably the latter, -removed to and settled in Litchfield, N. H., when his son William was quite a small boy, precise date not known. He had three sons, William, Simon and John, and five daughters, all married, one of whom was the maternal grand-parent of Com. David Porter ; another sustained the same relation to Mr. Robert Burns, a native of Bedford, whose early death occurred in this town, 1810, while a member of Dartmouth College.
William, son of the above, born in Medford, Mass., mar- ried Margaret Nahor, of Litchfield, and had eleven children.
David, eldest son of the last William, born in Litchfield, 1757, married Margaret Fisher, of Londonderry, N. H., set- tled in Bedford, 1795, and had eight children, - William, Samuel, Sally B., David, Margaret N., Eliza, Calvin and Mary P. All lived to adult age, and five are living at this date.
Samuel, second son of David, born in Litchfield, 1789, married Lucinda S. Foster, by whom he had three sons, - Samuel Foster, John Knox and David.
This family have been warmly attached, from early time, to the doctrine and discipline of the Presbyterian Church, as an evidence of which the office of Ruling Elder has been borne by some representative in each of the four generations above traced, from the Scotch-Irish emigrant, 1730, to the present time.
MARTIN. Nathaniel Martin came from Goffstown to Bedford, and married Marcy Goffe, daughter of Col. John Goffe, by whom he had nine children, six sons and three daughters, - Ichabod, Timothy, Nathaniel, Robert, Moses, Jesse, Hannah and Deborah, the other name not given. The
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family mostly removed to Maine, where their descendants now reside. Jesse is a minister of the gospel at Vassalbor- ough, of the Methodist persuasion. Deborah married Patrick McLaughlin.
James, not of the above family, married Sarah Parker, sister of Dr. Parker, of Litchfield, moved to Bedford, and settled on the farm now occupied by Capt. Thomas Chand- ler, where he had five children, two sons and three daughters, - James, Jeremiah, Sally, Lydia and Polly. He died about 1792. Sally married Theophilus Griffin, of Manchester, and now resides in Nashua. The rest of the family removed to Wolfborough.
MOORE. John Moore came to this country from Ireland, with his wife Janet, and son William, and settled in London- derry. They suffered great hardships coming over ; his wife was a great reader of Flavel's Works, and on this account was sometimes called Jenny Flavel.
William, son of John, whose name stands on the first board of elders, was born in Antrim County, Ireland, in 1718. He came to this country, and lived in Londonderry, where he married Molly Jack, also from Ireland, and in 1745, came to Bedford, and settled on what is now the town farm. He had seven children, -John, Jenny, Nancy, James, Betsy, Molly and William, all of whom reached the ages ranging from 80 to 93.
John, son of William, married Betsy Miller, by whom he had ten children, of whom only one survives, (widow Jane Parker, of this town.)
Jenny, married Alexander Jameson, settled in Antrim, had six children, and removed to New York.
Nancy, married Thomas English, lived in Antrim, had six children, none of whom are living.
James, born 1754, married Sally Carson, had eleven chil- dren, two of whom are living, William, in New York, and Annis, widow of the late Benj. S. Gage, in Woburn, Mass.
Betsy, married J. Wellman, of Lyndeborough, had two children, none living.
Molly, married Wm. Gibson, and settled in Lyman, had ten children, of whom two are living.
William, born 1760, married Isabella McClary, by whom
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he had ten children, - James and Nancy, who are dead ; William, supposed to be lost at sea ; Jesse, of Beloit, Wiscon- sin, and Adams, of Littleton, N. H., are physicians of some note ; the rest of the family in the West. Dea. Wm. Moore was for many years an elder in the church, and was a soldier of the Revolution when very young. He died in 1844.
James, son of Deacon William, married Sally, daughter of the late Elijah Chandler, by whom he had ten children, of whom only four are living. The others fell victims to consumption, with the exception of William C., who went South for his health, and was lost in a gale in the Gulf of Mexico.
Daniel, (Col.) brother of the first Deacon William, and son of John, born in Londonderry, Feb. 11, 1730, married Nancy Cox, 1751, at which time they settled in Bedford, on the Capt. Colly Farm, now owned by Daniel Jaquith, in the south part of the town. They had children, - John, Daniel, Elizabeth, Nancy, Eleanor, Ann and William.
John, son of the above, born in Bedford, Aug. 28, 1752, married Annis Wallace, by whom he had children, - James, Daniel, Sally, John W., Ann, Robert, Jenny, Thomas W. and Abel G.
Daniel, son of Col. Daniel, born in Bedford, Feb. 20, 1755, was killed at the raising of a barn, at the west part of the town, on the Morrill place, so called, July 3, 1776.
William, son of Col. Daniel, born in Bedford, Sept. 12, 1773, married Martha Holmes, of Londonderry, by whom he had children, - Susan, Daniel, Nancy E., Joseph E., John H., Timothy F., Elizabeth, Nathaniel H., William, Martha Jane, Margaret M., Robert C. and David McG.
Daniel, son of Col. William, born in Bedford, Feb. 23, 1801, married Mary S. McQuesten, of Litchfield, April 1, 1828, by whom he had children, - William C., James C., Martha Jane, Daniel L., George B. and Joseph H. His wife died Feb. 29, 1840. He married, as his second wife, Sarah Stevens, of New Boston, April 1, 1841, by whom he had one child, Ervin Jay.
Joseph C., son of Col. William, born April 7, 1805, mar- ried Martha McQuesten, by whom he had children, - Mary, Susan Jane, Martha Ann, Abel F. and David R.
Nancy C., daughter of Col. William, born in Bedford, Feb. 19, 1803, married Thomas W. Moore, and had children, -
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William, Martha Jane, Annis Jane, Thomas, Olive J. and Margaret Ann.
Timothy F., son of Col. William, born June 16, 1809, married Clarissa Emery, of Newbury, N. H., and had chil- dren, - James W., Sarah J., Charlotte Ann, Quincy and Harvey.
Elizabeth, daughter of Col. William, born Dec. 29, 1810, married Lancey Weston, Sept., 1831, and resided some years in Antrim : now in Michigan.
Nathaniel H., son of Col. William, born Dec. 24, 1812, married Jane Smith, May 9, 1837. Jane died, 1847.
William, son of Col. William, born May 20, 1815, married Mary Kendall, by whom he had children, - Martha Jane, Marion and Sarah Elizabeth.
Margaret M., daughter of Col. William, born May 20, 1820, married Ephraim White, and had children, -Moses and George. George died, 1851.
Robert C., son of Col. William, born May 20, 1823, mar- ried Jane Sweetser, of Hooksett.
The following curious document, belonging to the papers of Col. Moore's family, may properly have a place here.
" Know all men by these Presents, that I, Robert Griffin of Bedford, in the County of Hillsborough and Province of New Hampshire, Yeoman, In consideration of the sum of Thirteen Pounds and six pence, Lawful money, Paid by Capt. Daniel Moore of the aforesaid Town, County and Prov- ince, The Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have bargained, Sold and by these Presents do Bargain, Sell and Convey, unto him, the said Daniel Moore, a certain Negro Boy Slave, Named Bristo, about Twenty-three months old ; also a cow about three years old of a red and white color. To have and to hold the Said Negro Slave and Cow, unto him the said Daniel Moore, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns, for ever. And the said Robert Griffin do hereby Covenant with the said Daniel Moore, that I have good right to sell and convey the Said Negro Slave and Cow, in man- ner aforesaid, and that, until the delivery hereof, I am the lawful owner of the Same. And that I, my Heirs, Execu- tors, administrators and assigns, Shall and will forever War- rant the same to the said Daniel Moore, his Executors, administrators and assigns.
"In witness whereof, I, the Said Robert Griffin, have here-
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unto set my Hand and Seal, the first day of Nov., in the Fourteenth year of his Majesty's (King George the Third's) Reign, And in the year of our Lord, A. D. 1773. Signed, Sealed and delivered. ROBERT GRIFFIN, [L. S.]
" In presence of
" SAMUEL MARSHALL,
"JOHN MORRISON."
MOORE. Samuel, married daughter of Col. J. Goffe, and had children, - Nathaniel, Samuel, Joseph and Rachel.
Samuel, son of Samuel, married Betsy French, and had children.
Russell, son of Samuel, born in Manchester, Feb. 16, 1801, married and had children, -Samuel, Charlotte and Ira. He moved to Bedford, April 1, 1839.
MOORE. James, (not connected with the preceding - family given on another page by another name,) married Betsy Giles. He was born in Londonderry, and had children, - John G., Joseph, Ebenezer G., Moody, Freeman, James and Thankful.
John G., son of James, born in Londonderry, Nov. 27, 1790, married Fanny, daughter of James G. Dow, of Dor- chester, N. H., and had children, -James, born 1821; Sa- rah D. 1827; John, 1828; Elizabeth A., 1831; Laura, 1833 ; Gilman D., 1838 ; Henry C., 1841.
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ORR. John Orr came from the north of Ireland, with his brother Daniel, and sister Jennet, in 1726. They first resided in Londonderry. The brothers were married, John to Margaret Kamel, and Daniel to Eleanor Orr. Jennet mar- ried a Dinsmoor, and settled in what is now Windham, where the descendants still live. John and his wife died suddenly, of fever, within four days of each other, May, 1754, leaving several children, of whom one or two were born in Ireland; one son was drowned in childhood, as already noticed on another page.
Daniel, as above, had four children, -John, Jennet, Mar- tha and George. George married Margaret Wallace, by whom he had children, - Jane, Eleanor, Ann and Margaret ; Jane married Ebenezer Fisher of Londonderry, and Eleanor mar- ried Samuel Sawyer. The others lived and died single.
Annis, daughter of John, married Dea. John Aiken.
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Mary, second daughter of John, married Joseph Hous- ton, of Bedford.
Margaret, youngest daughter of John, married Jacob Mc- Gaw, Esq., of Merrimac.
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