History of Hampton Falls, N.H., 1640-1900, Volume I, Part 56

Author: Brown, Warren, 1836-
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Concord, N.H., The Rumford press
Number of Pages: 734


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He had a grant of four acres by his house lot, April 30, 1640, and also owned one of "the farms" and had two shares in the commons besides. December 23, 1645, he drew three shares of the ox commons, Nos. 11, 17, and 24. The first share of said commons was to be on the east side of the salt marsh, at John Brown's Point. What is now known as Brown's river was named for him, and also John Brown's river, which ran up to his "farm." He built the first "barque" ever built in Hampton in 1641 or 1642, at the river near Perkins's mill. He became one of the largest land owners in the town. In 1653 he stood third on the tax list, his tax being £2 3s. 1d., in a rate of £53 2s. 10d. He and his sons were engaged in raising cattle. In 1673 and 1674 he and his sons brought suit against the town for not causing a road to be built to his farm. The court decided in his favor and the road was built. December 4, 1663, he was chosen to see that the boys did not play in the gallery. He was one of the selectmen in 1651 and 1656. March 3, 1670, he drew share No. 18 in the commons, containing one hundred acres. He died in 1686, aged about ninety-eight years. His wife Sarah died June 6, 1672. Their children were: Sarah, born in 1643, married John Poor; Jacob, born in 1645, married Sarah Brookin; Benjamin, born in 1647, married Sarah Brown; Elizabeth, married Isaac Marston; John, died unmarried; Mary, born in 1655; Stephen, born in 1659, killed at Black Point.


617


HOMESTEADS.


There is a record to show that three of his sons were engaged in the conflicts with the Indians. John and Thomas were among the soldiers from Hampton in King Philip's War in 1656. Stephen, on the 29th of July, 1677, was killed in the battle at Black Point. John Brown disposed of his property by deed to his sons in 1681. He lived on the farm which is now the homestead of Zacheus Brown of Hampton, a descendant. This farm has always been owned and occupied by some of his descendants. John Brown was the ancestor of nearly all the Browns who have lived in Hampton and adjoining towns, and a great many of those living in other parts of the state.


Benjamin Brown was the son of John Brown, and was born in 1647. He settled south of Taylor's river, probably on the farm granted Timothy Dalton, Jr., son of Rev. Timothy Dalton, in 1639, in the south part of the town near Salisbury bounds. This farm was situated on the Rocks road, and afterwards was the Janvrin homestead, and is now in Seabrook. Through his efforts, the Rocks road was laid out. For the land thus taken he was granted an equivalent in land north of the Falls river. He was one of the signers of Weare's petition in 1683; one of the selectmen in 1696-1705 and in 1711, and one of the representatives in 1697. In 1722 he had lot 52 in the third western division as one of the owners of the farm formerly Rev. Mr. Dalton's. He was engaged in raising cattle. Tradition says that in his old age he took great delight, as he leaned on his staff, in seeing his oxen driven past to the watering place. He married Sarah Brown of Salisbury. He died about 1736. His children were as follows: William, who was born in 1680, married Ann Heath, lived in Kensington; Sarah, born in 1681, died unmarried; Benjamin, born in 1684, mar- ried Sarah Gove, lived in South Hampton; Elizabeth, born in 1686, married Benjamin Green, lived in Hampton Falls; John, born in 1688, married Abby Johnson, lived in Seabrook; Jacob, born in 1691, married Mary Green and Jemima Rowell, lived in Hampton Falls; Stephen, born in 1693, married Martha J. Chase, lived in Kingston; Mary, born in 1696, married Thomas Cram; Thomas, born in 1699, married Mehitable Towle, lived in Seabrook; Jere- miah, born in 1701, married Mary Weare, lived in Seabrook.


Benjamin Brown was the ancestor of all the Browns who lived in Hampton Falls before 1856, except John Brown and his family, who came from Massachusetts before 1750 and kept a tavern for a few years, and afterward removed from the town.


618


HISTORY OF HAMPTON FALLS.


Jacob Brown, son of Benjamin, was born May 4, 1691. He married, first, Mary Green; second, Jemima Rowell. His home- stead was the farm now occupied by John Allen Brown of Hamp- ton Falls. He died April 23, 1762.


The children of Jacob Brown and Mary Green, his wife, were: Martha, born in 1717, married Benjamin Cram, Exeter; Mary, born in 1722, married Henry Thresher, Raymond; Mehitable, born in 1724, married Daniel Brown, Hampton Falls; Nathan, born in 1727, married Annie Hook, Hampton Falls.


The children of Jacob Brown and Jemima Rowell, his wife, were: Isaac, born in 1739, married Agnes Fifield, lived on the home- stead; Abigail, born in 1742, married John Marston, lived in Hampton.


Nathan Brown, son of Jacob, married Annie Hook of Salisbury in 1753. He lived for a time in Salisbury, but moved back to Hampton Falls in 1764 and lived upon the farm now owned by George C. Brown. He lived in the old house, now unoccupied, on the farm. He died in 1799. His children were as follows: Nathan, born in 1753, married Miriam Smith, lived at Hampton Falls; Anna, born in 1755, married Joseph Cram, lived in Exeter; Mary, born in 1757, unmarried; Hannah, born in 1759, married Stephen Smith, lived in Seabrook; Elizabeth, born in 1761, married Thomas Moulton, lived in Hampton Falls; Josiah, born in 1765, married Sarah Clark, lived in Stratham; Jacob, born in 1767, mar- ried Abigail Berry, lived in Hampton Falls; William, born in 1769, married Elizabeth Berry, lived in Hampton Falls; Zephaniah, born in 1773, married Elizabeth Lane, lived in Hampton Falls.


.


INDEX.


INDEX.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


Page.


Bachiler, Rev. Stephen


151


Burnham, Col. Jonathan


217


Cass, John


230


Clifford family


231


Cotton, Rev. John


177


Seaborn


173


Cranfield, Gov. Edward


185


Dalton, Rev. Timothy


159


Gove, Edward


212


Green, Henry


225


Healey, Nathaniel


225


Hussey, Christopher


181


Mason's Suits


187


Robie, Col. Ichabod


235


Ichabod, Esq.


236


Sanborn, Lieut. John


232~


229


Stanyan, Anthony


221


Swett, Capt. Benjamin Joseph


224


Thurston, Thomas


190


Weare, Meshech


198


Nathaniel


190


Nathaniel, Jr.


198


Peter .


197


Wheelwright, Rev. John


. 164


Wheelwright deed


170


CHURCH HISTORY.


Abbot, Rev. Jacob


Bayley, Rev. Josiah


41


621


-


622


HISTORY OF HAMPTON FALLS.


Baptist Society:


99


Beaman, Rev. W. H.


101


Brown, Rev. Samuel E.


101


Colburn, Rev. Alfred


101


Cook, Rev. Samuel


100


Jones, Rev. Zebulon


101


Law, Rev. E. B.


101


Meeting-house


100


Town clock


100


Wakeman, Rev. W. W.


101


Wing, Rev. Otis


· 100


Wood, Rev. John E.


101


Christian Baptist Society:


Brown, William


92


Church covenant


96


Coffin, Theodore


92


Elder Thomas F. Barry


98


Elder Joseph Graves


98


Elder J. W. Marsh


98


Elder George Moore Paine


98


Elder Daniel P. Pike


98


Elder Charles P. Smith


98


Lamprey, John


92


List of members


97


Meeting-house


92


New meeting-house .


97


Ordination of Elder Leavitt


95


Suit against the town


96


Congregational Society, First:


101


Rev. A. M. Bridge


103


Rev. Jacob Caldwell


102


Rev. Everett Finley


103


Rev. J. C. Learned


103


Rev. Increase Sumner Lincoln


103


Rev. B. F. McDaniel


103


Congregational Society, First Evangelical:


80


Rev. Sereno T. Abbott


81


Mr. Abbott's records


82


Dea. Emery Batchelder


91


Rev. Joseph Boardman


90


Rev. Frank Haley


90


Rev. Joseph Kimball


90


Rev. Henry Lounsbury


88


Church covenant


22


Church diary


15


Dow, Rev. Moses


77


.


.


INDEX.


623


House of shelter 17


House, first meeting . 17


meeting and lot sold


105 the new meeting


61


Hull, Rev. Elias


79


Jewett, Rev. Henry C.


78


Kensington, persons dismissed to


29


Langdon, Rev. Dr. Samuel


71


Lecture day


25


Moulton, Col. Jonathan


71


Ordination sermon .


109


Parsonage, lands granted


21


division of money


106


house burned


31


lower


21


sale of


80


upper


22


Perley, Rev. Samuel


79


Polling off


47


Presbyterian society:


47


Petition for a


47


Remonstrance


49


Seabrook charter ·


55


Seating the meeting-house


107


The Lord's Supper


25


Tithing-men .


. 108


Town meeting, the, contested


64, 65


Universalist society


107


Whipple, Rev. Joseph


33


records of


33


Wingate, Rev. Paine


68


.


HAMPTON FALLS.


Altitude


13


Area


13


Boundaries


13


Latitude


13


Longitude .


13


Loss of records


15


Population


14


.


624


HISTORY OF HAMPTON FALLS.


HOMESTEADS.


Abbot, Rev. Jacob .


. 555


Abbott, Rev. Sereno T.


. 583


Akerman, Dr. Charles E.


573


Charles P.


395


John C.


574


Joseph


572


Meshech S.


573


Averill, Luke


558


Basford, Jacob


562


Batchelder, Benjamin


564


David


567


Emery .


560


John


554, 562


John T.


567


Jonathan


554


Josiah .


567


Moses


567


Nathaniel


. 567


Reuben


562


Samuel


592, 608


Theophilus


570


Edward


593


Jeremiah


593


Bentley, Joseph


551


Blaisdell, William


571


Blake, Henry


610


Jeremiah


611


Timothy


570


Blatchford, Nathaniel


593


Bridge, Rev. A. M.


. 555


Brown, Abraham


545, 548


Benjamin


584


Charles T.


558


Cyrus .


· 585


George C.


. 553


George L.


. 580


Isaac


. 582


Jacob .


565, 581


James D.


604


John


545, 570


John B.


. 565


John, Esq.


· 545


John A.


. 582


John J.


. 604


Joseph


. 580


Bennett, Caleb


593


INDEX.


625


Brown, Joseph C.


604


Josiah


· 554


Josiah E.


· 554


Levi


545


Lowell 582, 584


Michael


. 580


Nathan


559, 567


Nathan, "Cornet"


. 554


Robert


· 572


Samuel


. 553


Sewell .


.


546


Thomas


558


Warren


565


William


569, 572


William H. .


. 585


Zephaniah


553


Burns, Philip


.


602


Butler, Ralph


582


Robert H.


602


Caldwell, Stephen


. 564


Chase, Adna S. .


· 581


Andrew J.


. 593


Arthur W.


· 511


Charles .


· 581


Charles F.


· 580


Chevey .


593, 601


Christopher T.


. 581


Daniel


. 594


David


. 594


John


. 595


John G.


· 601


John L.


595


Dr. Joshua


590


Cilley, Richard


559


Clifford, John


562


Cochran, Alexander


599


Cockburn, Samuel


. 572


Coombs, Charles F.


. 594


Copeland, Nelson W.


. 582


Cram, Benjamin


547, 560


Frank P.


. 547


John S. .


· 550


Jonathan


· 547


Joseph .


. 550


Joseph B.


. 550


Nehemiah


· 547


.


Burnham, Col. Jonathan


. 556


626


HISTORY OF HAMPTON FALLS.


Cram, Nehemiah P.


. 547


Stephen


. 560


William A.


· 550


Creighton, James


. 601


Crosby, Charles H.


572


Cross, Ralph


564


Stephen


· 564


Cummings, William


. 600


Curtis, George J.


611


Dr. W. W.


. 611


Dalton, Samuel R.


548


Davis, Samuel


599


Dearborn, Nathaniel


546


Dockham, Warren


588


Dodge, Billy


594


Charles N.


586


Dudley


588


Hon. George H.


588 586


James D.


589


John W.


589


Nathaniel H.


Capt. Nathaniel .


586


Richard


589


Dow, Abraham .


579


Elijah


611


John A. .


· 580


Maj. Joseph


585


Zebulon .


· 585


Drew, Timothy P.


608


Drysdale, Joseph


573


Edmunds, Crosby R.


600


Elkins, A. W.


· 588


Benjamin W.


· 589


Falls, John


. 584


Fifield, Lieut. George


. 592


Jonathan


· 592


Dea. Jonathan


592


Richard


605


Samuel


561


Flood, John


613


Fogg, Charles


581


Ezra C.


· 595


George A.


. 600


John .


589


Caleb


611


627


INDEX.


Fogg, Richard


600


Samuel .


600


Garland, Jacob .


552


George, Henry .


578


Godfrey, Horace A. .


587


Jeremiah


551


John S.


551


Gove, Aaron M.


586


Charles C.


584


Ezekiel


593


Jeremiah 593


593


John H.


577


Stephen .


599


Green, Benjamin


582


Charles C.


574


Eaton


552


Ephraim


603


Frank S.


. 552


Henry .


· 591


Isaac


552


Jacob


552, 591


James W.


. 574


Orrin D.


552


Silas


· 552


Stephen


552


Hardy, Bradbury


594, 596


Charles


596


Charles A.


· 595


Green


578


John .


. 591


Jonathan


596, 597


Reuben


595


Harris, Leander


. 597


Hartshorn,


594


Haskell, Caleb


614


Job


584


Hawes, David C.


. 544


Healey, George C. Levi


. 550


Nathaniel


549, 579


Newell W.


557


Stephen


549


Wells


557


Wells W.


556


Heath, Nehemiah


543


John C. .


. 556


628


HISTORY OF HAMPTON FALLS.


Hilliard, Benjamin


· 569, 611


Jonathan


. 569


Timothy


. 569


· 602


Hoag, Hussey Jonathan


602


Hopkins, William A.


573


Hoyt, Ephraim


612


Capt. Joseph


579


Huff, John


607


Hussey, Christopher


578


James, Samuel


Janvrin, Bertram T.


583


Edwin


590


George


611


James


559


James D.


588


Jefferson


579


John


509


Joshua


590


Jenness, Edwin A.


596


Levi


596


Johnson, Charles


546


Edmund


614


Henry


546


Jones, John F.


583


Kenny, John


561


Knight, Caleb .


549


Henry H.


549


Levi M.


. 549


Stephen T.


.


549


Ladd, Alphonso


577


Lakeman, Archelaus


· 587


Tobias


· 587


Lamprey, Samuel


604


Lane, Charles W.


567


Dearborn


· 604


Isaiah


588


Jeremiah


. 556


Jonathan


· 604


Levi


605


Levi E.


605


Lang, Stephen .


595


Langdon, Rev. Samuel


555


Langmaid. Edward .


. 576


Leach, John


.


572


1


557


David


594


.


INDEX.


629


Leavitt, Benjamin


.


606


Daniel


548


Thomas


606


Lock, Simon


. 600


Mace, Richard


65


Maloon, Ebenezer


561


Marshall, Francis


574


George


572


Gideon


574


John


571


John M.


571


Robert


571


Marston, Sarah


570


McAllister, Hugh


559


McDevitt, Henry


580


McQuillan, Robert


559


Melcher, Joseph


544


Joseph H.


544


Samuel


543


Merrill, Aaron .


601


Daniel .


599


George F.


592


George S.


588


John A.


559


Lowell F.


589


Miller, Robert .


571


Morrill, Jonathan


579


Richard


579


Morton, John


578


Matthew


578


Moulton, Benjamin .


546


George


545


Howard T.


547


Joseph


546


Joseph W.


547


Nathan


544


Thomas


546


Thomas G.


546


Nason, Charles A.


598


Jonathan


. 597


Richard


. 597


Norton, Bonus


570


Nudd, Stacy L.


583


Page, Isaiah


583


Joshua


. 612


William


·


610


.


-


630


HISTORY OF HAMPTON FALLS.


Palmer, Samuel


. 570


Pearson, Edmund


. 548


Perkins, David


. 593


John L.


. 572


Jonathan


555


Joseph


. 554


Nathaniel


. 593


Stephen


. 594


Pervear, Burnham


. 596


Daniel


595, 598


Daniel E. .


· 595


Emmons B.


. 594


Frank


595


Josiah


. 586


Philip


· 598


Samuel


. 595


Samuel L.


595


Warren B.


594


Pike, Benjamin


544, 561


Edward D.


560


James M.


. 560


Joshua


. 542


Matthew


. 543


Matthew S.


543


Porter, John


585


Pottle, Christopher


614


Prescott, Aaron


607


Ałvah D. .


610


Benjamin


552


Edwin


· 608


James


557, 605


Josiah


607


Lewis F.


610


Philemon .


553


Robert S.


. 610


Samuel


610


Simeon


610


True M.


609


Warren J.


609


Quarles, Samuel


614


Quimby, Eleazer


613


Raymond, Joseph


587 .


Robie, Henry .


603, 604


Col. Ichabod


603


Ichabod, Esq.


. 603


Elisha


. 609


INDEX.


631


Robie, Nathan .


604


Nathan H.


604


Rollins, Eliphalet


596


John


596


Row, Paine


608


Robert


608


Russell, Peter


· 571


Sanborn, Aaron


. 555


Abner


576, 610


Adna


. 576


Benjamin


552, 556


Caleb


. 574


Charles H.


· 554


Fred P.


566, 569


George B.


. 569


Henry


.


609


Jack


. 576


James


606


John


551, 575


John C.


610


John E.


. 572


John N.


. 606


John P.


. 610


Joseph


548, 555


Joseph T.


. 575


Levi


. 606


Lewis T.


555


Meshech


574


Reuben


. 554


Rufus C.


548


Thayer S.


575


Theophilus


575


Thomas L.


575


Satterly, Jacob


587


Shaw, Hilliard


559


Joseph


585


Malachi


559


Samuel


585


Shepard, John F.


549


Sleeper, Jedediah


603


Smith, Aaron .


602


Albert S.


608


George C.


607


John


593


Josiah .


. 594


Dr. Samuel


· 578


632


HISTORY OF HAMPTON FALLS.


Stanyan, Anthony


. 586


Jacob


· 586


Swain, Caleb


614


Dudley


. 609


John


609


Stephen


609


Tarlton, William P.


. 570


Thresher, Henry


583


Tilton, Caleb


550, 587


Daniel .


. 573


David


559


Dean R.


. 548


Ebenezer


. 550


Enoch J.


588


Jethro .


573


John


547


John S.


588


Capt. Jonathan


550


Joseph


550


Michael


608


Nathan


556


Peter


548


Peter G.


548


Samuel


550


Stephen


548


Weare D.


550


Towle, Capt. Caleb


561


Emmons B.


561


Truesdale, James


575


Vickery, Joshua


613


Wadleigh, Charles F.


605


John


599


Wall, James


546


Walton, William E.


600


Ward, Abel


549


Melcher


Weare, Benjamin F.


599


Meshech


585


Peter


.562


Samuel


606


Webster, Andrew


573


Wells, Aaron


557


Moses


. 577


Wentworth, John


.


551


.


549


John


599


633


INDEX.


Whittier, David A.


583


David M.


583


Williams, Chase


584


Edward


584


Walter


584


Wing, Rev. Otis


574


Winslow, Simon


589


Worth, Joseph .


579


Obadiah


579


MARRIAGES.


By Rev. Mr. Abbot


· 145


Cotton


128


Dow . 149


Langdon


143


Whipple


130


From the early records .


142 .


town records


150


.


MILITARY RECORD.


Louisburg, siege of


238


Mexican War


256


Militia


257


Musters


259


Revolutionary War .


241


War of the Rebellion


251


War of 1812


249


.


MISCELLANEOUS.


Academy, Rockingham


. 356


catalogues


362, 364


Agreement, Batchelder and Sleeper


. 482 ·


Bills for supplies


304, 305


Blacksmiths


348


Cattle on the highways


330


Cemeteries


.


307


Check-list of 1814


273


Chester


439


Collector's warrant, 1756


296


Colored people .


298


Diary of Nathan Weare


· 244


634


HISTORY OF HAMPTON FALLS.


Earthquake of 1727


· 310


Eastern Railroad


. 394


Eastern Stage Company


· 446


Emigrants from Hampton Falls


451


Elm, the Moulton


440


Fairs .


278


Fair, petition for a


. 278


petition for granted


. 278


Rockingham


279


town


. 285


Falls river


14


Farms, the five


542


Guests, distinguished:


268


Lafayette


· 271


President James Monroe


. 272


Washington


. 268


Washington's diary


268


Hampton steers


523


Invoice of 1850


472


Journal of David Batchelder Warren Brown


483


Libraries


· 315


Library, Ladies'


. 316


Social .


· 315


Town


. 316


Lightning .


410


List of persons taxed in 1830


469


List of rates, 1747


454


List of rates, 1768, 1787, 1800


460


Local names


368


Militia


257


Milk business


353


Mills


335


Mill, Batchelder's


339


Coffin's


337


Dodge's


· 338


Garland's


· 335


Green's


337


Longfellow's


338


Old


336


partners'


336


Prescott's


337


Weare's


339


wind


340


woolen


339


.


. 476


INDEX.


635


Murders


312


Musters


259


Norfolk county


429


Peculiar characters


538


Postoffice .


. 533


Province rates, 1709 and 1727


290-295


Railway, electric


397


Roads


336


Road, Brimmer


372


Country


366


Crank


388


Driftway to the marsh


374


Drinkwater


367


Exeter


367


Fresh Island


368


Hampton Turnpike Company


476


Hogpen .


367


Old Mill


368


Robiestown


433


Salt marsh


. 341


Schools


524


Schoolhouses


529


Secret societies


413


Ship building


399


Shoemakers


351


Shunpike


380


Smallpox


303


State line


299


Stores


344


Storms


407


Surplus revenue


288


Taverns


401


Tavern, Georges


402


petition for a


403


Swett .


402


Wells .


402


Taylor's river


14


Throat distemper


301


To be annexed to Massachusetts


412


Town clerks


420


common .


382


delegates to Constitutional Convention 428


hall


318


·


invoice books


· 416


.


636


HISTORY OF HAMPTON FALLS.


Town landing .


390


meetings


323


moderators


419


record books


416


representatives


427


selectmen


421


votes passed


327


Weare monument


441


OLD-TIME CUSTOMS.


Bilboes


. 523


Boots and shoes


. 505


Breaking roads .


515


Brick oven


504


Burning fluid


508


Cider


507


Clocks


517


Clothing


505


Coal for fuel


518


Currency, old-time


519


Dutch oven


503


Farm help


510


Fireplace


501


Flax


506


Flour .


573


Franklin fireplace


504


Hair and whiskers


516


Haying


519


Horseback riding


509


Intention of marriage


517


Justice of the quorum


516


Kerosene oil


508


Middle names


505


Obtaining meats


501


Old stragglers .


514


Pillory


521


Pumpkin and milk


. 510


Roots and herbs


512


Sheep washing


· 511


Shod shovels


. 510


INDEX.


637


Soap making


509


Sperm oil .


508


Spinning


506


Spirituous liquors


514


Stocks


522


Stoves .


503


Sugar ·


512


Tallow candles


508


Temperance


514


Tin baker


503


Tin kitchen


502


Title of "Mr."


516


Visiting


515


Water-supply


512


Weaving .


. 506


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ERRATA.


On page 33, after the word "Records" add were in consequence of the above vote.


On page 107, sixteenth line, instead of "Josiah" read Isaiah.


On same page, in nineteenth line, instead of "Josiah" read Joseph.


On page 151, first line, instead of "1651" read 1661.


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