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6. Abigail,3 single woman, for 23 pounds current money, quitclaimed to Robert Barber, Sept. 25, 1731, all her "right in fifty acres of land weh was granted to our Hond father Robt. Barber Decd."; also the same day to Daniel Barber of Gloucester, mariner, for 20 pounds, "all right" in 20 acres pur- chased by her father of Richard Hilton.
7. Marys, who m. Nathan Taylor of Exeter, quitclaimed Sept. 25, 1731, to Daniel Barber of Gloucester, for 20 pounds, all right in 20 acres purchased by her father of Richard Hilton.
8. Daniels; m. Anna Baker. 9. Robert3; m. Sarah Bean.1
10. Abigail.3 11. Mary.3
(8). Daniel: (Robert?, John1) was a sea captain residing at Gloucester, Mass .; married Sept. 29, 1727, Anna, daughter of Jabez Baker, of Gloucester; bought of his sisters, Abigail and Mary, for 20 pounds each, their right in 20 acres of land originally purchased of Richard Hilton; sold Sept. 25, 1731, to Robert Barber for 20 pounds, his interest in 50 acres of land on Piscassic River originally granted to his father in 1798; and died on the Island of An- tigua, Nov. 8. 1735, aged 29. His widow afterwards married a Plumer. "Anna Plumer alias Barber" gave up her right of dowry, April 9, 1754, and Anna Davis, Mary Tarr and Rachel Doliver, all of Gloucester, sold to John Moody of Newmarket, the 20 acres purchased of Richard Hilton in 1705.
Children:
12. Anna,4 m. Samuel Davis 3d.
13. Mary,5 m. Dec. 22, 1748, Benjamin Tarr, son of Benjamin, and grand- son of Richard, of Gloucester.
14. Rachel,5 m. Feb. 27, 1749, Paul Doliver Jr., who was born in 1728, died at sea of small pox, and was buried on Milk Island. She d. June 15, 1820, aged 88. Their children were two sons who died young, and three daughters.
(9.) Roberta (Robert,? John1) married Sarah, daughter of John Bean of Exeter. (107) Children :
15. Robert, perhaps the one captured by the Indians at Bakerstown, Aug. 15, 1753; was a soldier with Maj. Thomas Tash at No. 4, 1757; allowed £ 3-15, for loss of blanket, 1760; purchased of Constantine Gilman and Elizabeth,
1 Kingston marriages give 1759: Oct. 9, Robert Barber and Abigail Bean. Abigail may have been his first wife.
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widow of Joseph Gilman, 43 acres of Exeter commons in Newmarket with house and barn, April 14, 1760; petitioned for laying out of Hall's mill road, 1765; for bridge at Newfields, 1766 and 1772; had wife Sarah, 1768; bought land of Daniel Barber, July 3, 1773; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; sold to John Langdon, Jr., of Portsmouth, his wife Sarah resigning her right of dower, Sept. 5, 1778, "the farm whereon I now live containing 120 acres and situated on both sides of the County Road;" sold a 100 acre lot in Dorchester, County of Grafton, Jan. 15, 1779.
16. Daniel« of Epping; m. Anna Davis.
17. Sally4 m. Oct. 28, 1782, Levi Chapman and lived on the Barber home- stead near the Piscassic school house
18. Zebulon« purchased land of Daniel Barber, May 13, 1774; was ensign in Capt. James Hill's Newmarket Co., at Portsmouth Harbor, Nov. 5, 1775; Lieutenant in Capt. Samuel Gilman's Newmarket Co., on Winter Hill, near Boston, Dec. 1775; and in Capt. Zebulon Gilman's Co., against Burgoyne, Sept. 24, 1777; bought one moiety of land, saw-mill and privilege at North River, Nottingham East, Feb. 9, 1778, which he sold July 21, 1786; purchased of Eliphalet and Polly Pease in 1781, land on either side of the road from Newmarket to Nottingham, with the house and barn; mortgaged to Levi Chapman, Feb. 4, 1786, 140 acres of land on the southerly side of the road from Newmarket to Nottingham, and both sides of the cross road from New- market to Exeter; sold 25 acres, Aug. 10, 1786; and his home place of 150 acres with buildings, for 500 pounds, Jan. 22, 1787; land with one half of dwelling house, March 8, 1787; and 30 acres of land and barn, April 9, 1787. He had a son Daniel," who had a son Daniel.« Daniels had a son Ezra.7
19. Nelson -- perhaps, who signed the Association Test at Newmarket, July 12, 1776.
(16). Daniel4 (Robert, Robert, ? John1) built his dwelling house on the Samuel Sinkler place in Epping, 1755; received from his father, Robert Barber of Newmarket, May 3, 1758, 40 acres of land "in the Parish of Epping near sd Daniel Barber's Dwelling house by y « highway that leads from Newmarket to Nottingham, excepting the privilege for me and my Heirs to pass and repass through sd land by gates & Bars;" was innholder, and sold Job Judkins April 12, 1764, 3012 acres of land in Epping "at a place called the Eagle Tree and running to Piscassick River;" bought lot No. 14, 4th range at Notting- ham, June 2, 1773, and sold land to his brother Robert Barber, Jr., of New- market, July 3, 1773; bought "land on the northerly side of Watchuk River," Feb. 2, 1774, and sold land to Zebulon Barber, May 13, 1774; was styled "Lieutenant" and was on the Committee of Inspection, Jan. 2, 1775; signed the Association Test in Epping, 1776; bought 40 acres of land of Robert Barber, 1779; sold land in Deerfield to Benjamin Weeks, Feb. 11, 1780, "in consideration of the regard I have & bear unto Benjamin Weeks of Deerfield;" sold land to Jacob True, 1789; deeded 26 acres of land on Piscassic River to his son Daniel 5 Barber, March 6, 1790, and sold land in Epping with the buildings thereon, Anna Barber relinquishing right of dower, to Daniels Barber, Jr.,1790, and sold Feb. 26, 1795, a mill privilege at Mt. Delight in Deer- field to Daniel Barber, Jr., and land to Jonathan Philbrick, 1803; married about Aug. 7, 1761, Anna Davis of Gloucester, Mass .; and died about 1804,
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His widow Anna quitclaimed to Thomas Stevens, March 17, 1804, all his right to part of lot No. 14, 4th Range, Deerfield, given to Betsey Stevens by the "last Will & Testament of her Hond Father & my late husband Daniel Barber."
This farm remained in the Barber family until about 1880 when it was pur- chased by "Hedding Camp Meeting Association" from Ezra" Barber (Daniel,' Daniel," Zebulon4).
BARTLETT.
1. Richard Bartlett 1 was the ancestor of this Bartlett family. He came from Stopham, England, to Newbury, Mass., and died May 25, 1647.
2. Richard2 (Richard1) was born in 1621; was four years representative for Newbury in the Massachusetts Legislature; and died, 1698.
3. Samuel: (Richard, 2 Richard1) was born Feb. 20, 1646; married May 23, 1671, Elizabeth Titcomb of Newbury, Mass., who died Aug. 26, 1690; and died May 15, 1732.
4. Thomas4 (Samuel,: Richard, 2 Richard1) was born Aug, 13, 1681; mar- ried Sarah Webster.
5. Israels (Thomas, Samuel, Richard, 2 Richard1) was born in Newbury, Mass., April 30, 1712; married Love, dau. of Joseph Hall of Newfields; who was born June 10, 1716; settled early in Nottingham on the North side of the square where traces of his tan pits are still visible; became an extensive land owner, and held many offices of trust with credit to himself and advantage to others. His wife was an energetic and intelligent woman, and died in 1754. Children:
6. Joseph Hall6 b. March 7, 1739.
7. Sarah6 b. Nov. 25, 1741; m. (1) Col. Winborn Adams, and (2) Col. Hubbard of powder-making fame.
8. Thomas& b. Oct. 22, 1745; cordwainer; paid, April 7, 1764, to Samuel Baker and Lydia Emerson, administrators of the estate of Stephen Emerson, 2,300 pounds old tenor for 60 square rods of land at Newfields Landing, to- gether with the wharf, warehouse, barn and that part of the dwelling house which belonged to said deceased; conveyed, 1768, real estate to Joseph Hall Bartlett of Newbury; was colonel in the Continental army and brigadier- general of the New Hampshire militia.
9. Israel6 b. May 8, 1748; res. Haverhill, Mass.
10. Mary D.6 b. Aug. 17, 1751; m. Gen. Henry Dearborn.
11. Josiah D.6 b. March 15, 1753; res. Lee.
1. Nathaniel Bartlett of Exeter was assigned by the town 20 acres of land, 1725; was a tanner; bought of Joseph Glidden, May 30, 1726, right in land at Lamprey River, which he conveyed to his son, John2 Bartlett of Newmarket, tanner, May 23, 1763; bought of Joseph Bayley of Newbury, Nov. 5, 1733, 2514 acres of land in Exeter, and conveyed the same with buildings thereon, March 29, 1747, for five pounds, to his son John2 of Newmarket, it being the land "whereon he now lives;" sold May 23, 1763, to his son John, for 1,000 pounds, 52 acres of improved land in Newmarket, bounded by the country road leading to Lamprey River, and by lands of John Mead, Walter Bryent,
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Col. Joseph Smith, Ephraim Folsom, deceased, and Francis Durgin; as resi- dent in Newmarket, conveyed April 23, 1764, for six pounds by his grandson, Josiah Hall & Bartlett of Newmarket, single man, a lot of land laid out by the committee of Exeter for an additional right in Exeter commons for 20 acres, bounded on the highway of the fourth Range to Folsom's meadow grant. Children:
2. Nathaniel,2 m. Elizabeth Dennet. 3. John,2 m. Abigail Hall.
(2.) Nathaniel? (Nathaniel1) m. Oct. 23, 1739, Elizabeth Dennet. Children:
4. Elizabeth& b. Feb. 7, 1741.
5. Dorothys b. April 19, 1742; m. Eliphalet Hall; d. April, 1804.
6. Marys b. Jan. 17, 1744. 7. Nathaniel 3 b. Dec. 9, 1745.
8. Catherines b. Jan. 21, 1748. 9. Mary 3 b. Oct. 22, 1749.
10. Priscilla3 b. June 16, 1751.
(3.) John? (Nathaniel1) was a tanner; received from his father, Nov. 29, 1747, the 25 acres of land and buildings in which he was then living at New- market; was a Nottingham petitioner to the General Court, 1753; sold land in Nottingham to John Tash, 1759; paid his father, May 23, 1763, 1,000 pounds for 52 acres of land in Newmarket, on the country road to Lamprey River; sold to Walter Bryent, April 4, 1765, 50 acres of land near Lamprey River; sold to Benning Brackett, Feb. 20, 1768, for five pounds, one acre of Smart's grant near Piscassic River; and to Josiah Hall Bartlett of Newmarket, March 10, 1768, 25 acres of land with all the buildings thereon "on which I now live," the same land purchased by his father March 27, 1747; sold to Joseph Doe of Newmarket, joiner, April 7, 1768, 29 acres on the Ash swamp road, and May 9, 1768, 44 acres on the country road near Lamprey River to John Burleigh; with his wife Abigail, sold Aug, 31, 1770, to Joseph Doe 23 acres in Ash swamp; with his son Josiah Hall Bartlett and wife Mary, for 175 pounds, sold to Hubartus Neal of Newmarket, June 13, 1773, 25 acres of land with dwelling house and barn, on the road from Durham to Exeter, being the land bought of Joseph Bayley, 1733; signed the Association Test July 12, 1776; was liv- ing at Epping Aug. 17, 1776, and the same day conveyed the place to his son Joseph 3; deeded part of a lot of land in Deerfield to his sons, John 3 and Nathaniel,3 which they conveyed, March 12, 1799, to Bradstreet Gilman; mar- ried Abigail, dau. of Josiah Hall of Exeter. Children:
11. Josiah Hall,a single man of Newmarket, received of his grandfather Nathaniel 1 Bartlett, April 23, 1764, for six pounds, 20 acres of land laid out by the committee of Exeter, for an additional right in Exeter commons; paid his father John ? Bartlett 500 pounds, March 10, 1768, for 25 acres with all the buildings thereon, being land purchased March 29, 1747; had a wife Mary, 1773; joins his father in selling the homestead to Hubartus Neal, June 13, 1773; was sergeant at Newcastle Nov. 6, 1775, mustered Nov. 22, 1775, and on Great Island, Dec. 6, 1775, in Capt. Joseph Parsons' Co., recruited for the Continental service out of Col. Joshua Wingate's Regt., and stationed for the defence of Portsmouth Harbor; signed the Association Test at New- market July 12, 1776.
12. Josephª received from his parents, Aug. 17," 1776, "for the love & affection we have & do bear towards our son Joseph Bartlett of Epping,
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yeoman, for his promotion in this life," 40 acres of land which came to Abigail as one of the heirs of her father, Josiah Hall, deceased.
13. John m. Hepzibah Stevens in Chester; was in Deering, 1773.
14. Nathaniel, of Epping, husbandman.
BEAL.
1. Zachariah1 Beal came from England with a family of children who settled near him in the vicinity of Portsmouth.
2. Captain Zachariah2 married Abigail Goodwin of South Berwick, Me .; was first lieutenant in Capt. Shortridge's Co., of Portsmouth, Col. Enoch Poor's Reg't from June 8 to Aug. 1, 1775; received his captain's commission Nov. 7, 1776; was on the roster of officers of Col. Alexander Scammell's Reg't. serv- ing from January 1, 1777, to Jan. 1, 1780; did not return from the war as he was killed by a comrade. Children:
3. Zachariah3 m. Hannah Tarleton. 4. 5. Two daughters 4; names unknown, though one of them may have been Hannah who m. Benjamin Knight, Feb. 12, 1792. William Badger of Newmarket, carpenter, and Abigail, his widow, were appointed adnimistrators of his estate Nov. 11, 1780, and sold land in Ports- mouth to Nathaniel Melcher. His widow afterwards married William Badger and with her husband petitioned to the Legislature Oct. 20, 1780, for half-pay during her widowhood according to a resolve of Congress of Aug. 24, 1780, and for her children for the same "until this time," with interest thereon. She was allowed £80 and her children £324.
(3.) Zachariah: (Capt. Zachariah,2 Zachariah1) was born in 1772; married Hannah, daughter of Stillman and Martha (Manning) Tarelton, 1798; was a shipbuilder and lived in the "Deale house" next to the Tarleton house belong- ing to his father-in-law. The Tarleton house is still standing, but the Deale- Beal-Locke house, finally known as the "Locke House," was bought a few years ago by Mr. Torrey and taken down. He died in 1817, and his widow married (2) Jonathan Locke.
Children:
4. Josiah4; m. Elinor Melcher. 5. Abigail4; m. Joseph Moulton.
6. Martha4; unmarried. 7. Mary4; m. Stacey H. Locke (See Locke).
8. Luther W.4; m. Bruce of Derry, N. H.
(4.) Josiah4 (Zachariah,3 Capt. Zachariah,? Zachariah1) was born May 21, 1800; married Elinor Melcher who was born Jan. 15, 1802 and died Oct. 1884; lived in Portsmouth and died Sept. 16, 1869. Children:
9. Mary E.5 b. Jan. 16, 1826; d. Nov. 12, 1909. 10. Joseph F.5 b. July, 1828.
11. Henry R.5 b. Jan. 1831; d. Aug. 1896.
12. Edward J.5 b. 1834; m. Sarah E. Rider.
13. Luther A.,5 b. Oct. 1837; d. 1858. 14. Elizabeth 5 b. 1839.
15. Levi W.,5 b. 1841; d. 1858.
(12.) Edward J.5 (Josiah,‘ Zachariah,3 Capt. Zachariah, ? Zachariah1) was born May 21, 1834; married Sarah E., daughter of John B. and Elizabeth (Colcord) Rider, who died Jan, 6, 1906; owned and occupied the Cario-Trull house on Swampscot street; died Dec. 21, 1909.
Children:
16. Fred K. b. Sept. 1862; d. Aug. 1884.
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17. Carrie A .; m. John F., s. of Josiah and Nancy Dearborn of Hampton. Children:
18. Marion B.7 Dearborn. 19. Henry W.7 Dearborn. 20. Grace E.' Dearborn. 21. Eleanor K.7 Dearborn.
BEAN.
1. John1 Bean emigrated from Scotland, and settled in Exeter as early as 1660. His wife died during the passage, and he married (2) Margaret the Irish maid who accompanied them, who died in 1714; was a Presbyterian, and probably left Scotland to enjoy his religious belief without persecution; received 1661, a grant of land by the town, and other grants October 10, 1664, April 1, 1671, and February 21, 1698; also had conveyed to him, by John Ted of Exeter, July 10, 1664, a house lot in Exeter of 20 acres, and other lots of 10, 5 and 26 acres; took the oath of allegiance, November 30, 1677; was assessed among 66 persons a "Province rate," April 20, 1680; petitioned, 1688-90, to be governed by Massachusetts Bay; deeded to his grandson, Johns Bean, son of James? Bean, January 4, 1715, the Hackett lot of 12 acres and his fresh meadow lot; and June 27, 1715, to his son John? Bean, two tracts of land in Exeter, one of them bounded partly on "ye land I gave my grandson John Bean," "together with ye half of my dwelling house and ye one-half of my barn," on condition of his providing "suitable maintenance for me during my natural life;" and died between January 24, and February 8, 1718.
Children by first wife:
2. Mary? b. June 18, 1655; m. (1) Joel Judkins, (2) David Robinson.
3. Henry? b. March 5, 1657; died young.
By second wife born in Exeter:
4. John? b. Aug. 15, 1661; d. May 18, 1666. 5. Daniel2 b. March 23, 1663; m. Mary
6. Samuel2 b. March 23, 1666; m. Mary ---. 7. John? b. Oct. 13, 1668; m. Sarah Wadleigh.
8. Margaret2 b. Oct. 27, 1670; m. William Taylor. 9. James? b. Dec. 17, 1672; m. (1) - - Coleman. (2).
10. Jeremiah2 b. April 20, 1675; m. (1) Ruth -, (2) Sarah Bradley, (3) Mrs. Mary Crosby.
11. Elizabeth2 b. Sept. 24, 1678; m. John Sinkler. 12. Catharine ?; m. Richard Dolloff.
(2). Mary? (John1) was born, June 18, 1655; married (1) June 25, 1764, Joel Judkins, and (2) David Robinson of Stratham.
Children born in Exeter:
13. Job: Judkins b. Jan. 25, 1675. 14. Sarah: Judkins b. Nov. 13, 1676.
15. Hannahª Judkins b. Nov. 13, 1676; m. July 25, 1709, Ebenezer Web- ster of Kingston.
16. Mary: Judkins b. Nov. 7, 1678.
(5). Daniel? (John1) was born March 23, 1663; married Mary ----; owned land in Exeter and Kingston; was surveyor, 1693; received April, 1709, a grant of 80 acres; died in the spring of 1718.
Children born in Exeter:
17. Daniels; m. Ann Sanborn. 18. John 3; m. Martha Sinkler.
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19. Samuels; m. Sarah - --. 20. Mary3; m. John Quimby of Exeter.
(6). Samuel? (John1) was born March 23, 1666; married Mary, perhaps his second wife; conveyed land in Oyster River and Exeter, 1716-20, and one eighth of "upper Petuckaway Sawmill in Exeter;" died, 1738. His will was probated May 31, 1738.
Children born in Exeter:
21. Margaret3; m. John March. 22. Ann3; m. Oct. 16, 1739, Joshua Snow of Woburn, Mass.
23. Curtis3; m. Hannah 24. Samuel.3
(7) John? (John1) was born in Exeter October 13, 1668; married Sarah, daughter of Robert Wadleigh, who survived him and married (2) Robinson of Exeter; received, March 28, 1698, from the town a grant of 60 acres; bought of Biley Dudley, May 10, 1700, 25 acres in Exeter; sold one half of his 60 acre grant, June 16, 1716; was a soldier in Capt. Davison's Co., Lieutenant Colonel Walton's Regt., for Port Royal, July to November, 1710; died, 1718. Children born in Exeter:
25. Dinah3; m. Oct. 13, 1720, Jonathan Dudley of Brentwood.
26. Jeremiah3; m. (1) Mary - -, (2) Mrs. Mehitable Bean.
27. Sarah3; m. Robert Barber. 28. William3; m. (1) Mary -- , (2) Margaret Dolloff.
29. Ebenezer3; m. Mehitable Bartlett. 30. John3; m .-.
(8). Margaret? (John1) was born in Exeter, October 26, 1670; married William, son of William and Ann Taylor, who survived her; died, 1755. Children born in Exeter:
31. Joseph: Taylor. 32. William Taylor. 33. Margaret3 Taylor, who m. April 25, 1711, Tristam Sanborn.
(9). James? (John1) was born in Exeter, December 17, 1672; married (1) Coleman, (2) Children by first wife born in Exeter: 34. John3; m. Sarah 35. Edward 3; m.
By second wife born in Kingston:
36. Benjamin,3 b. May 15, 1699. 37. Margaret,3 b. April 16, 1702.
38. Joseph,3 b. Oct. 17, 1704. 39. Jeremiah,3 b. April 9, 1707.
40. Samuel,3 b. Jan 11, 1711. 41. Catharine,3 b. Aug. 2, 1714. 42. Rachels. (10). Jeremiah? (John1) was born in Exeter, April 20, 1675; married Ruth -, (2) December, 1697, Sarah Bradley, and (3) November 2, 1738, Widow Mary (Prescott) (Coleman) Crosby: and died January 6, 1753; served in a garrison from Oct. 26, to Nov. 9, 1696, and was in Capt. James Davis's Co., 1712; conveyed to James Dudley, Nov. 1, 1712, 50 acres of land in Exeter, with dwelling house, barn and orchard; died about.1727. Children born in Exeter:
43. Margaret.3 44. Deborah3; m. James Dudley.
45. James3; m. (1) Abigail Sanborn, (2) Lydia Hoag.
46. Jeremiah3; m. Abigail Prescott.
47. Tabitha.8 48. Richard.3 49. Elizabeth.& 50. Hannah.'
(11). Elizabeth2 (John1) was born in Exeter, Sept. 24, 1678; married John, son of John Sinkler, who died, 1731, his wife surviving him. Children born in Exeter as mentioned in will:
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51. John3 Sinkler. 52. Samuel3 Sinkler. 53. Abigail3 Sinkler. 54. Mary: Sinkler. 55. Elizabeth3 Sinkler.
(12). Catharine? (John1) was born in Exeter about 1680; married Richard, son of Christian and Sarah (Grammon) Doloff, who died in Exeter, 1750, surviving her husband. Children born in Exeter:
56. Sarah3 Dolloff, b. Jan. 10, 1702.
57. Margaret3 Dolloff, b. March 18, 1704.
58. Abigail3 Dolloff b. Feb. 26, 1706. 59. John3 Dolloff, b. April 20, 1708.
60. Jonathan3 Dolloff, b. Oct. 17, 1710.
61. Davids Dolloff. 62. Ebenezer3 Dolloff.
63. Abners Dolloff. 64. Ann3 Dolloff.
Succeeding generations settled in Exeter, Brentwood, Nottingham and Kingston, not in Newmarket.
1. Charles W.1 Bean purchased in 1891 the Joseph Lang estate in Piscassic. He purchased in 1910 of the heirs of George Tilton one half the Tilton-Durell dwelling house on Main Street, where he now lives; among his children were the following sons living in Newfields:
2. Oscar C.2 now occupying the "Lang place;" has a son Everett3 and other children.
3. Perley R .?; m. R. Althea Todd; one daughter Gladys.3
BECKETT.
1. Francis1 Beckett was born in 1768; came from Wales, England, and set- tled in Exeter; died there Aug. 22, 1823. Beckett's Brook and the old cellar are still recognized on the Newfields road. Child:
2. Dudley ?; married Deborah Folsom; lived at the corner of Main Street and Newfields road in Exeter. Children:
3. Sarah3; m. Ebenezer Pettingill of Newbury, Mass.
4. Frank3; m. Mary Kimball.
5. Susannah3; d. unm. 6. Betsey3; m. Isaac Crockett.
7. Dudley3; m. Hannah Langley by whom he had 10 children, only two surviving infancy.
8. Dolly,4 m. Thomas Brookings. 10. Joseph L.4; m. Esther A. Colcord. (10). Joseph L.4 (Dudley,3 Dudley, ? Francis1) was born Oct. 1813; mar- ried Esther A., daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Jenness) Colcord of New- fields; was a writer and printer of versatile talent connected with the pub- lication of many papers at Newmarket, Exeter, Lawrence, Mass., and Boston; wrote one of the three addresses which William J. Dolloff issued at Christmas- tide when he was an apprentice under editors Sleeper and Gerrish of the Exeter News-Letter, each address netting Mr. Dolloff $12 or $15; printed the first number of the Granite State Democrat at Exeter in 1840, and soon became its editor and publisher, removing it to Lamprey River in 1841, which in 1842 was dated Exeter and Newmarket, and printed at Exeter; commenced the issue of the Factory Girl and Ladies' Garland, Nov. 1, 1841, which in 1842 was
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dated Exeter and Newmarket, and after 1842 published at Exeter twice a month; removed to Lawrence, Mass., with the Weekly Messenger, Literary Wreath and Factory Girls' Garland, 1846; compiled and printed at Boston the Gazetteer, Exeter, Newmarket and South Newmarket Directory and History, 1872; became insane in later years through softening of the brain, and was taken to the county farm July 10, 1880, where he died July 4, 1882.
Children:
11. Sarah Augustas, m. Frederick Dodge of Boston; died leaving one daughter, L. Augusta® Dodge.
12. Joseph C.5 died in infancy. 13. James M.5 14. Jenness' D. died in Lawrence.
BENNETT.
1. Arthur: Bennick, or Bennett, was born in 1640, and was of Dover, 1665; married Mary, daughter of John and Welthena Goddard who was sent over by John Mason to his plantation, as servant with Walter Neal, in 1631, and settled on the Lubberland side of Lamprey River, where he died in 1660, leaving widow Welthena, who afterward married Michael Simond. Mr. Goddard's other children were John who died unm. about 1675, Benjamin, a daughter who m. John Gilman, a daughter who m. James Thomas.
Arthur Bennick's name appears as a witness in 1674, and June 13, 1679, then of Piscassic; with his wife Mary, mortgaged the Goddard estate, con- sisting of a dwelling house, orchard, garden and part of the "saw-mill of said Piscassick," to Nicholas Harrison of Fox Point, Dover, "said Arthur then being in prison," the said land estimated to be about 60 acres. William Ardell's grant of 100 acres is described, March 25, 1699, "as lying on the south side of ye highway that goes from Lamperelle river Landing place to bennetts." He died in Exeter Jan. 1682. His widow Mary was adminis- tratrix. Inventory ordered Jan. 20, 1682, was taken April 2, 1683, and returned April 11, 1683. Children:
2. John.2 3. Abraham .? 4. Ruth2; m. 1692, Francis Mathews.
(2.) John2 (Arthur1) was mentioned in the will of John Goddard, Jr., in 1672. The colonial court records say that he was surety for John Doe, guard-
. ian, June 6, 1691, and signed a petition with other citizens of Lubberland praying for a company of soldiers to be stationed in that district, 1694. He married and had with probably others:
5. Arthur b. about 1695; m. Dorcas Rawlins.
(3) Abraham2 (Arthur!) was a resident of Lubberland and Piscassic; engaged in real estate transactions, 1677-1736; petitioned for Oyster River parish, Nov. 11, 1715; and commanded a company of scouts in Indian warfare in 1724. Children:
6. Abraham: b. 1704. 7. Marys bap. Feb. 19, 1729. 8. Benjamin.$ 9. Eleazer. Their descendants included Smiths, Youngs, Griffiths, etc.
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