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Mr. Hilton has never married. He is much interested in the publication of this history, toward which he has given gener- ous financial aid.
Appendix.
Daughters of the American Revolution. The Granite Chapter of Newfields organized October, 1904, with the following members: Mrs. Rebecca B. Badger, Miss Juliette P. Conner, Miss Sarah W. Cheswell of Newmarket, Mrs. Dolly C. Hobbs, Mrs. Eleanor A. Langlands, Mrs. Clara E. Paul, Mrs. Edna A. H. Paul, Mrs. Mary S. Pike, Mrs. Lucy M. Sanborn, Mrs. Nancy W. P. Smith, Mrs. Olive J. Varney and Mrs. Isabelle J. Wiggin. During the years 1904 and 1905 the following were admitted: Mrs. Sarah E. Tasker, Mrs. Rebecca P. Bennett, Mrs. Annie D. Pepler-all of Newmarket, Mrs. Soph- ronia W. York-real daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Scott and Miss Alma J. Morse. The following officers were then chosen: Mrs. Mary S. Pike, regent; Mrs. Isabelle J. Wiggin, vice-regent; Miss Sarah W. Cheswell, secretary. Mrs. Clara E. Paul, treasurer; Mrs. Lucy M. Sanborn, registrar; Mrs. Edna A. H. Paul and Miss Sarah W. Cheswell, historians.
At the annual meeting, October, 1908, officers were chosen as follows: Mrs. Rebecca P. Bennett, regent; Mrs. Edna A. H. Paul, vice regent; Mrs. Sarah E. Tasker, secretary; Mrs. Clara E. Paul, treasurer; Mrs. Lucy M. Sanborn, registrar; Miss Juliette P. Connor, historian; Mrs. E. A. Langlands; Mrs. C. E. Paul and Miss A. J. Morse were constituted a board of management,
The following officers were chosen at the annual meeting October, 1909, and re-elected in 1910:
Mrs. Annie D. Pepler, regent; Mrs. E. A. Langlands, vice-regent; Miss A. J. Morse, secretary; Mrs. Clara E. Paul, treasurer; Mrs. L. M. Sanborn, regis- trar; Mrs. Edna A. H. Paul, historian; and Mrs. Isabelle J. Wiggin, Miss Juliette P. Connor and Mrs. R. P. Bennett, members of the board on manage- ment. The present membership is 17.
ERRATA.
Page 9. Footnote. Date should probably be 1624 instead of 1614.
Page 12. Archbishop Laud.
Page 19. Colonel Hilton was killed June 23 instead of July 23, 1710.
Page 51. Formally instead of formerly in the 11th line.
Page 75. Mackerill instead of Mackesill Brook in 14th line.
Page 81. Note. "Parkings Brooke" is undoubtedly a corruption of "The parting brooke of Mr. Hiltons and the town of Exeter," page 39.
Page 83. In 9th line from the bottom Edward Hilton should be Edward Gilman.
Page 89. Date ninth line from the bottom should be 1742 instead of 1642.
Page 138. Alfred Metcalf should be Medcalf.
Page 139. In the 7th line the date November 7, 1796, should doubtless be 1794.
Page 153. July 23, 1710, should be June 23.
Page 187. Third line from the bottom Stratham and Newmarket should be Stratham and Newfields.
Page 365. Selectmen, 1886, Daniel J. Neal should be Daniel G. Neal, and Charles E. Durell instead of Henry T. Taplin.
Page 365. Charles F. Durell should be Charles E. Durell.
Page 366. School committee 1862. Rev. Josiah W. Adams should be Rev. John W. Adams.
Page 372. John H. should be John A. Connor.
Page 387. Isreal should be Israel.
Page 395. F. J. should be F. E. Beal.
Page 399. Rev. John should be Rev. John W. Lane.
Pages 414-415, Read Hall wherever Hale occurs.
REV. N. F. CARTER.
PART II. GENEALOGICAL.
ABBREVIATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS.
b. born. dau. daughter. d. died. m. married. res. residence. unm. unmar- ried. O. S. old style. N. S. new style. s. son and sons. ch. child or children. pub. published. bap. baptized.
The family name is given only once. In the female line the surname of the husband is appended to the name of every child.
Heavy faced figures indicate that they are to appear again in a parenthesis followed by the same name with descendants.
Figures in a parenthesis appearing at the end of an individual sketch indi- cate the page in the Narrative where additional facts of the person are given.
Some of the family genealogies, we regret to say, are very meager and unsat- isfactory, but as given are correct as far as known to the compiler. Where no representative of the family is now living in the vicinity, the needed informa- tion cannot be supplied.
Two numbers connected by a hyphen indicate occurrence of name on inclusive pages.
Genealogy.
ADAMS.
1. Rev. Hugh1 Adams was the ancestor of the Newmarket family. He was born in Massachusetts, May 7, 1676; graduated at Harvard College in 1697; studied for the ministry, and was ordained September 10, 1707; began to preach in Durham, March 26, 1718; dismissed January 23, 1739; and died in 1750. "A very eccentric character."
2. Son2 (Hugh1) who married and had children.
3. Winborn3 (Son,2 Hugh1) married Sarah Bartlett, granddaughter of Joseph Hall of Newfields; was Lieutenant Colonel and killed at Bemis Heights, Sept. 19, 1777.
4. Josiah4 (Winborn3, Son?, Hugh1) was born in Durham, July 10, 1748, and married in Somersworth, Feb. 21, 1772, Nancy Hill of Kittery, Me., who was born Nov. 12, 1750. She was sister to Gen. James Hill and Mrs. John Shute. They had twelve children but only four attained their majority. (131.)
Administration on his estate was granted to his widow, Nancy Adams, Sept. 27, 1809, Thomas Folsom, Jr., and Freeze Dearborn becoming her bonds- men. Gideon Colcord, James Burleigh and Freeze Dearborn were appraisers of the estate, and returned the inventory Oct. 8, 1809. It included mansion house-later the Elm House-barn and out buildings, 20 acres of pasture and woodland, three pews in the meeting house, family books and large Bible, nine volumes of N. H. Laws, and a share in the Newmarket library, the whole amounting to $2,032.62. His wife died Sept. 29, 1820.
5. Nancys (Josiah4, Winborn3, Son2, Hugh1) was born July 15, 1774; married Thomas, son of Capt. Thomas Folsom of Exeter and Portsmouth, who was born June 12, 1772.
Their son, Rev. Albert Adams & Folsom was born in Exeter, April 4, 1809, and became "a most excellent man and minister of the Universalist denomi- nation."
6. Josiahs b. March 24, 1776; d. March 27, 1776.
7. Mary Neals b. Feb. 1, 1777; was a celebrated school teacher till past 80 years of age; d. unm. Feb. 5, 1865.
8. Sallys b. Oct. 25, 1780; m. Ephraim Coleman, father of James; d. March 23, 1863.
9. Betseys b. Oct. 18, 1782.
10, 11. Samuels and Rebeccas, twins, b. Nov. 11, 1784; d. respectively, Nov. 23, and Nov. 17, 1784.
12. Nathaniels b. July 20, 1788; d. Aug. 17, 1788.
13. Sophia W.5 b. July 5, 1790; m. Rev. Alfred Medcalf; d. Sept. 14, 1812. A monument to the "Adams girls" stands in the cemetery at the old center.
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Rev. John Adams, son of John and Abigail (Coleman) Adams, a Methodist, known as Reformation John, was born in Newington Feb. 14, 1791; married Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Dudley) Sanderson, of Waterford, Me., in 1820, who attended the academy at Newfields to fit her for the station of a minister's wife; and died, Newmarket, Sept. 30, 1850. Burial in Durham.
AMES.
The Ames place is now occupied by Smith Sanborn. The old house was a garrison, two story building with two rooms on the floor, and two chambers, and stood near Piscassic River and the old mast-way, where the neglected graves of the household may be seen.
1. Daniel1 Ames was a husbandman, and lived on Piscassic River. His Will mentioning him as "aged & well stricken in years & in a Weak habit of body," was dated Dec. 24, 1753, and probated Jan. 30, 1754. It makes his sons Nathaniel2 and Jacob 2 executors, and gives to them the homestead. (111). Children:
2. Simon2 witnessed, May 3, 1740, to a deed of land from Daniel Ames to Nathaniel Ames; was of Canterbury as early as 1749. His Will was dated Dec. 14, 1786, probated May 13, 1793, and mentions daughters, Mercy' Heath, Elizabeth Gordon, and Mary: Ladd, and grandson, Simon Ames: Heath, who is executor.
3. Samuel?, witnessed, Nov. 22, 1747, to a deed from Edward Hilton to Daniel Ames; was of Canterbury in 1749. His Will signed June 22, 1793, and probated May 18, 1803, mentions wife, daughters, Sarah 2 Merrill and Hannah Bean, and sons, Samuel3, and David who is appointed executor.
4. Daniel ?, husbandman, received, Nov. 15, 1744, from Nathaniel Ames deed of land on Piscassic River; was of Canterbury, 1750. The Journal of the House of Representatives says, "Fryday Jany 18, 1765. The petition of Walter Bryant in behalf of Daniel Ames for bringing Mary Flood from Can- terbury, who was tryed for her life & acquitted on the supposed murder of a child, with his attendance &c. of the Acct therewith presented, Amount's to £15-2, old tenor, being read,
Voted, That there be allowed twenty five pounds New Tenor in full for said petition & Acct thereto annexed & pa. to the sd Daniel Ames on his order, out of money in the Treasury for contingencies.":
5. Nathaniel? bought of Daniel Ames, May 3, 1740, 150 acres of land on Piscassic River; sold land on Piscassic River to Daniel Ames Nov. 15, 1744; petitioned for Newfields bridge, Nov. 21, 1746; with David Ames bought, April 17, 1753, land joining the Ames possession and the mill grant line of Charles Rundlett; and with Jacob, petitioned for a bridge at Newfields, Nov. 25, 1755; received, Dec. 11, 1758, of Josiah and Sarah Hilton, administrators on the estate of David Ames, a quitclaim deed of land bought of Charles Rundlett, April 17, 1753; sold Jacob Ames 10 acres of land in two pieces, Dec. 11, 1758. The name of Nathaniel Ames Jr., appeared on records 1758, who was awarded damages 1766 in the laying out of Hall's mill road; and sold April 15, 1775, to John Burleigh "all my Farm whereon I now live containing
1Prov. Pap. VII: 56.
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ninety Acres more or less, with the Buildings thereon." Nathaniel Ames 2d, was credited for labor, with other Newmarket patriots, in building fire rafts on the Pascataqua at Newington, Oct. 22, 1775; with Nathaniel Ames Jr. signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; and sold John Ames, Aug. 28, 1782, "all my Farm whereon I now live containing ninety acres, with the buildings thereon."
6. Jacob?, with his wife, Sarah, sold to her brother James Hersey, Dec.7, 1743, all their right in the estate of their "Hond Father Peter Hersey," by esti- mation about 60 acres, "within ye Tract of Land Commonly Called & known by ye name of Moses Gilman's Six hundred acre grant;" with Nathaniel, petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot River, Nov. 21, 1746; bought of Win- throp Hilton, Oct. 23, 1752, ten acres of land that said Hilton bought of Thomas Haley; purchased of David Lyford, May 30, 1753, land adjoining his own and that of Walter Neal on Piscassic River; bought land of Nathaniel Ames Dec. 11, 1758, and the same year sold to Andrew Burleigh the land he had bought of Winthrop Hilton, Oct. 23, 1752; purchased 12 acres of land of Joseph Young, April 21, 1763. Hall's mill road passed through his land 1766. He refused to sign the Association Test, July 12, 1776; was of Newmarket and sold to James Hersey of Sanbornton, Aug. 22, 1786, "the ten acre Lot on the Great Hill so called in Newmarket, it being the Land I had by deed from Brother James Hersey of Newmarket;" died about 1786, leaving a son Daniel 3. His son, Jacob Ames Jr., m. Mehitable Goodin, Aug. 1, 1799.
7. David ? purchased of Richard Smith and his wife, Mary, daughter of Richard Mattoon, Dec. 11, 1749, land "att or upon a Place called Smarts Crike In Newmarket," and sold the same land to Walter Weeks, Jan. 9, 1753; with Nathaniel Ames, purchased of Charles Rundlett, April 17, 1753, land adjoining the "Ames Posession." He died intestate, Dec. 24, 1753, leaving widow, Sarah, to whom his father wills the easterly end of his house so long as she remains a widow. His interest in the last purchase was sold to Nathaniel Ames, in 1758, by Josiah Hilton and Sarah Hilton his wife, who were appointed Feb. 23, 1757, administrators of the estate.
8. Anna2 m. - - Powell. 9. Lydia 2 m. Charles Rundlett.
10. Mary? was given by her father's will a legacy and a room in the westerly end of his dwelling house so long as she "lives single."
(3). Samuel2 (Daniel 1) was born in Newfields, Feb. 13, 1723; settled in Canterbury, near the center meeting house, about 1749; moved to that part of the town called the "Borough," 1791; married about 1744, Hannah Dolloff, who was born Jan. 18, 1728, and died Canterbury Jan. 23, 1804; and died, Canterbury, Jan. 16, 1803. Children:
11. Samuel& b. May 12, 1745; m. Jane Gerrish.
12. Sarah& b. March 25, 1747; m. Laban Morrill.
13. Davidª b. May 27, 1749; m. Phebe Hoyt.
14. Hannahª b. June 23, 1754; m. Benjamin Heath.1
15. Daniels bought of John Perkins, Sept. 9, 1790, salt marsh on the river leading to Exeter "containing one acre & one half acre be it more or less;" bought of Moses Burleigh, April 2, 1791, "the Northerly Moiety or half part of thirty acres of land which sd Burleigh & Charles Smart bought of John Ames;" purchased of Benning Brackett, May 21, 1795, one acre of salt marsh
1See Kimball's Samuel Ames Family for descendants.
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and thatch bed on Exeter River, and sold to George Hilton 80 acres of land in two pieces situated on Piscassic River and Hall's mill road; married Marston, who was killed by lightning in 1806, and he soon married a second time. He was an "Osbornite."
His will, dated Nov. 25, and probated Dec. 26, 1809, mentions wife, Abigail, and children: Peter 4, Susanna 4, Sally 4, Foster 4, Mary 4, who m. a Gould, Jacob Marston 4 and Phebe 4, and makes John Osborne sole executor. The inventory returned by Nathaniel Kidder, Richard Hilton and Josiah Bennett, yoeman, Feb. 7, 1810, mentions "Homestead of 55 acres with buildings." Dower was set off to Abigail Ames, his widow, Oct. 22, 1811, by Jeremy Mead, Paul Chapman, Benjamin Lovering, John French and Simon Magoon. The executor was licensed Feb. 26, 1814, to sell the estate to defray expenses, and rendered his account of administration, May 15, 1823. His son, Peter, a hus- bandman, purchased of George Hilton, 70 acres of land in two portions on Piscassic River and Hall's mill road, April 10, 1810; also received from George Brackett, April 3, 1811, a quitclaim deed to 80 acres of land, more or less, being the same piece of land the said Peter had conveyed to said Brackett by deed dated April 11, 1810; sold to Shadrach Robinson 80 acres of land joining Piscassic River, 1811.
John Ames of Newmarket, yeoman, paid William Moore, 1700 pounds old tenor money, for 30 acres of land on Piscassic River, Jan. 6, 1769, and sold the same, March 15, 1781, to Charles Smart Jr., and Moses Burleigh; signed the Association Test at Newmarket, July 12, 1776; bought, Aug. 22, 1782, the farm of Nathaniel Ames consisting of 90 acres of land on Piscassic River, with all the buildings thereon; sold to Nathaniel Rogers, Oct. 20, 1786, land on Piscassic River "containing sixty acres & eighty seven rods as (shown) by a plan made by Hubartus Neal dated 29th day of August, 1786, together with all the buildings standing on said Premises;" with his wife, Elizabeth, of Par- sonsfield, Me., heir of Samuel Neal, deceased, quitclaimed land to Samuel Neal of Newfields, Dec. 24, 1788.
ANDREWS.
Hilary B. born in England in 1837; came to this country and settled in Newfields early in the sixties; bought the Ward Hilton place, and died March, 1896, leaving a widow and son, George E. Andrews, who was born in 1874, graduated at Phillips Exeter Academy, 1894, Wesleyan University, 1898, and engaged in business in New York.
BADGER.
1. William1 Badger, of Newfields, petitioned the legislature for a lottery in aid of Squamscot Bridge, and its location at Newfields, 1760, and July 3, 1765, for a resurvey of a road, now called Hall's mill road, "between the gates near Piscassick Bridge and Josiah Hilton's South West Corner;" also, 1766, for the location of the bridge at Newfields; refused to sign the Asso- ciation Test, July 12, 1776, and died previous to March 28, 1781, tradition says, a young man. He was a barber, and had the following children and per- haps others:
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2. William? b. about 1760; m. Elizabeth
3. Thomas? b. about 1766; taxed in Lee, 1787. William was appointed his guardian, with Daniel Jones and Bradley Sandborn, blacksmiths of Exeter, bondsmen, March 28, 1781; active in the parish, 1797.
1. William P. L.1 Badger, with his wife, Mary A. (Puffer), came to New- fields from Kensington by way of Concord, Mass. He was a machinist and husbandman, died Feb. 2, 1876, aged 73 years and 11 months. His wife died Nov. 19, 1899, aged 93 years and 10 months. Children:
2. William P.2 b. Sept. 1827; d. May 1832.
3. Samuel P.2 b. 1830; m. (1) Mary Spalding, (2) Rebecca Spalding.
4. William P.2 b. 1832; d. in Liverpool March 30, 1851.
5. Lucy M.2 m. Charles H. Sanborn.
(3). Samuel P .? (William P. L.1) was born in 1830; a machinist and trader; a veteran of the Civil War serving in Co. A, 11th N. H. Volunteers; tax collector; representative, 1880; selectman, 1882-83. He married (1) Mary, daughter of Charles and Polly (Brown) Spalding of Kensington, who died leaving no children, (2) Rebecca Spalding, sister of his first wife. Children:
6. Mary S.3 m. Charles Pike; two ch. (See Pike.)
7. Charles W.3 m. Minnie E. Yomans.
8. Nellie G.3 m. Ole Syvertsen.
(5). Lucy M .? (William P. L.1) married Charles H. Sanborn. Children:
9. Clara E.& Sanborn; m. George W. Paul. (See Paul.)
10. Charles A.& Sanborn; m. Mary A. Edmunds. (See Sanborn.)
11. Mabel A.3 Sanborn; d. Sept. 1883.
(7). Charles W.3 (Samuel P .? , William P. L.1) married Minnie E. Yomans; in business in Chicago, with residence at Evanston, Ill. Children:
12. Cecil.4 13. Margaret Y.4
(8) Nellie G .: (Samuel P.2, William P. L.1) married Ole Syvertsen, a native of Norway; residence, Taunton, Mass. Children:
14. Rolfe Syvertsen. 15. Helen Syrvetsen. 16. Clinton' Syvertsen. 17. Alice Syvertsen.
A William Badger of New Market, carpenter, married the widow of Capt. Zachariah Beal prior to 1784. He may have been the William Badger of Newmarket, a shipwright, 23 years of age, in Capt. Samuel Gilman's Com- pany, June 6, 1775. (73).
Samuel E. Badger married Susannah Churchill in 1793. A daughter, Sally True, b. 1797, married Reuben French, Jr., of Lamprey River.
Joseph Badger married Deborah Gilman in 1791; was active in the parish, 1797-99.
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BAKER.
1. John 1 Baker owned a house lot on High Street, Ipswich, Mass., in 1638; married, May 13, 1667, Katherine Perkins; and died in 1710.
Children:
2. Thomas? b. Sept. 13, 1668; m. Priscilla Symonds.
3. John .? 4. William.2 5. Elizabeth.2
(2). Thomas? (John1) was born Sept. 13, 1668; married Priscilla, daughter of Samuel Symonds; and died March 18, 1718. Children:
6. Thomas$ b. Feb. 17, 1688.
7. John b. Jan. 6, 1691; m. (1) Anna Perkins, (2) Mary Perley.
8. Priscilla3 b. Dec. 8, 1674; m. Isaac Appleton.
9. Martha3 b. Oct. 14, 1682; m. - · Sargent.
10. Rebecca3 b. Nov. 16, 1685.
11. Elizabeth,3 m. Feb. 16, 1717, Michael Farley.
(7). John: (Thomas,? John1) was born Jan. 6, 1691; married (1) Anna Perkins, who was born Dec. 28, 1697, and died April 27, 1716, (2) (published Nov. 16, 1717,) Mary Perley, who was born May 16, 1697, and died March 26, 1738; and died, Aug. 1, 1734. Children:
12. John.4 13. Samuel.4 14. Thomas.4 15. Mary.4
(13). Samuel,4 (John, Thomas, 2 John 1) married and had a son.
16. Samuels; m. Mary Emerson.
(16). Capt. Samuels (Samuel, John,: Thomas, ? John1) bought in New- market of Stephen Emerson, innholder, and his wife Lydia, for 5,000 pounds old tenor, one acre of land with dwelling house, wharf and privilege of ferry at Newfields landing; petitioned the legislature for a lottery in aid of Squamscot bridge and its location at Newfields, 1760; bought of Nicholas Duda of Dur- ham, March 16, 1764, for 5,000 pounds old tenor, 35 acres of land in New- fields; jointly with widow Lydia Emerson, administrators of the estate of Stephen Emerson, trader, deceased, sold to Thomas Bartlett of Newburyport, cordwainer, April 27, 1764, for 2,300 pounds old tenor, sixty square rods of land at Newfields landing, together with the wharf, warehouse, barn and that part of the dwelling which belonged to the estate of the deceased; petitioned, July 3, 1765, for the laying out of Hall's mill road, and in 1766 and 1772 for the bridge at Newfields; purchased, Jan. 7, 1768, for 170 pounds, lands in Not- tingham and in Bow, which Joseph Thomas of Durham had previously bought of Maj. Thomas Tash of Newmarket; sold Joseph Judkins of Newmarket, Feb. 1, 1768, for 140 pounds, 100 acres of land in Nottingham which he had bought of Joseph Thomas, and Thomas of Tash, and Tash of Edward Peavy and Eldad Langley; was lieutenant in Capt. James Hill's company from New- market, stationed, Nov. 5, 1775, on Pierce's island in Pascataqua harbor; and captain of the Newmarket company, Dec., 1775, which marched to supply the place of the Connecticut troops, and encamped on Winter Hill; selectman, 1776; signed the Association Test, and returned to the Committee of Safety a list of 164 signers, and 38 refusing to sign; enlisted from the 4th regiment of militia into the Continental service for three years, or during the war, and was mustered, March 4, 1777, with Capt. Michael McClary's Co., 3d N. H. Con- tinental regiment. Sergt. Samuel Baker, probably Samuel, Jr., of Newmarket,
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of Colonel Scammell's Regiment, General Whipple's Brigade, was killed in the second battle of Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777.
Capt. Samuel Baker, trader, sold to William Coffin, trader, March 20, 1777, for 200 pounds, his land, dwelling house, barn, wharf and warehouse at New- fields landing; was assessor, 1784-85 and 1787, and auditor, 1788; chosen, February 2, 1789, by the parish, committee at large to act with other com- mittee men in locating the meeting house; bought, May 13, 1790, 10 acres in the Oak Lands of Nathaniel Rogers, administrator of the estate of John Gid- dings; petitioned the selectmen, March 10, 1791, respecting the location of the new meeting house, and October 24, bid off pew No. 45; purchased of James Hill, January 25, 1792, for 50 pounds, about 44 square rods of land on the road from Exeter to Durham by the corner of Mr. Hill's garden, together with the buildings on the same. He married (1) 1748, Mary, dau. of Stephen Emerson, who was b. June 20, 1727, and d. Jan. 9, 1772, (2) Elizabeth who d. Sept. 6, 1804, aged 74; and died Feb. 16, 1792, aged 66.
BARBER.
1. John1 Barber was doubtless the ancestor of the Barbers at Piscassic. He was of Dover in 1659, and of Exeter April 1, 1678. He married and had children:
2. John2 m. Anna Smart.
3. Robert .? He may have had also a son Thomas? who m. April 27, 1671, Anne Chase, and had Thomas & b. Feb. 16, 1672.
(2). John2 (John1) lived on Hilton's mill grant in 1696; was proportioned 50 acres of land by the committee of Exeter, April 12, 1725; with his wife Anna quitclaimed, March 6, 1727, to John Smart all "right in the Estate of our Father Robert Smart of Exeter, deceased;"sold 50 acres in the third Range and 30 acres next to Walter Neal's lot, March 15, 1744, to his son Joseph: Barber of Newmarket; sold to his "Dutiful son Jnº. Barber Jr.," June 25, 1744, "land in Newmarket on Piscassic River;" sold Joshua Crummet of Durham, May 20, 1756, 50 acres of land in Newmarket; sold to John Smart, Sept. 6, 1757, for 1500 pounds, 50 acres in Newmarket bounded on Piscassic River, and on "ye way that leads by my house to Wadleys way:" and died before 1759.
On June 23, 1759, his wife Anna, aged about 83 years, made deposition referrring to the early proprietorship of Hilton's mill grant.
Children :
4. Joseph3 bought of "his honored Father John Barber," March 15, 1744, 20 acres of land which he sold to Benjamin Fox, Jan. 21, 1747; sold to Benja- min Fox March 5, 1747, 50 acres in the third Range, "laid out to the original Right of John Barber;" was a soldier in the Crown Point expedition of 1756.
5. John® considered himself entitled by a vote of Exeter, March 14, 1682, to a 10 acre meadow lot which he sold to Joseph Smith of the parish of New- market, Nov. 30, 1740; was proportioned 30 acres of common land by the committee of Exeter, April 12, 1725; bought 30 acres of the "Towns Com- mons," Nov. 23, 1736; bought of his father, June 25, 1744, land on Piscassic River which he conveyed to John Brackett of Greenland, Aug. 10, 1744, and which he received back again, May 20, 1756; sold to Walter Bryent, Jr., Dec.
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24, 1768, "all my Right to land which was formerly the property of my Hond Father & mother John and Ann Barber both of Newmarket decd. which land is bounded southerly by the Dividing Line between Durham and Newmarket and Easterly on Piscassic River." He married Ann
(3) Robert2 (John1) settled near the Piscassic school house, where he built his house previous to 1705, standing near the corner between the school house and the Chapman-Wood-Jenness cellar now visible, and mentioned in 1754 as "Robert Barber's house now fallen down;" was granted Feb. 21, 1698, by the town of Exeter 50 acres on Piscassic River; purchased of Richard Hilton, April 17, 1705, 20 acres near the present Piscassic school house, and was killed by the Indians, July 1, 1706. Tradition says he was attacked by three Indians in his own cornfield. His neighbor, Samuel Pease, was slain the same day. Children:
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