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107. John W.& b. 1848. 108. George W.8 b. 1850; res. Newfields.
109. James W.& b. 1853; d. 1882. 110. William& b. 1855; res. Newfields.
111. Melvina & b. 1857; d. 1865. 112. Albert A.& b. 1860; d. 1892.
113. Fred& b. April, 1865; d. June, 1865.
(77). Ruth7 (Henry,6 Maj. Joseph H.,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel, Samuel,2 John1) married Henry Matthews of Canada. Children:
114. William Henry& Matthews, b. 1849; m. Mary Frye of Exeter; d. New- fields, May 1, 1888.
115. Ruth& Matthews; m. John Lord.
(81). Lucius S.7 (Joseph, 6 Maj. Joseph H.,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel,3 Samuel,2 John1) was born in Tamworth May 3, 1828; married Jan. 1, 1853, Mary Ann French of Stratham, who was born Feb. 23, 1828, and died April 28, 1889; died May 3, 1911. Children:
116. Lucius& b. Oct. 1852; d. Oct. 22, 1852.
117. Mary E.& b. April 1854; d. July 23, 1878.
118. Annie B.8 b. March 3, 1857; m. George F. Hall.
119. Abbie& b. May 1860; d. June 1, 1860.
120. Nellie W.8 b. Oct. 24, 1869.
(97). Edwin Samuel7 (Hollis,6 Maj. Joseph H.,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel, 3 Samuel,2 John1) was born Feb. 16, 1857; married Oct. 1884, Ida J. Booth; residence Clinton, Mass. Children:
121. Amy B.8 b. 1886; d. 1906. 122. Hollis E.& b. Sept. 20, 1889.
(100). Walter Hartley7 (Hollis,6 Maj. Joseph H.,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel,3 Samuel,2 John1) was born Aug. 25, 1862; married May 28, 1890, Minnie W. Johnson of North Berwick, Me .; residence, Reading, Mass. Children:
123. Marion.8 124. Christine.8 125. Helen. 8
(101). Carrie Esther7 (Hollis,6 Maj. Joseph H.,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel,3 Samuel,2 John1) was born Sept. 20, 1864; married Elmer E. Wingate; resi- dence, Waltham, Mass. Children:
126. Harveys Wingate. 127. Dorothy& Wingate.
(118). Annie B. 8 (Lucius S.,7 Joseph,6 Maj. Joseph H.,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathan-
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iel,3 Samuel,2 John1) was born, March 3, 1857; married 1875, George F., son of Paschal and Mary (Howard) Hall, who died Oct. 1903; removed to South Lawrence, Mass. Children:
128. George W.9 Hall, b. Jan., 1877; d. Sept., 1892.
129. Mary H.9 Hall; d. in infancy.
130. Lewis9 Hall; m .; res. Roxbury, Mass. One ch.
131. Austin9 Hall; m .; res. Newburyport, Mass. Two ch.
132. Percy9 Hall; d. March 16, 1893, aged six years.
133. Grace Hall; m. Ernest Washington; res. North Andover, Mass.
134. Annie Hall. 135. Edwing Hall.
"Aunt" Hannah Pease died in Newmarket, aged 101 years.
PERKINS.
1. William Perkins, the ancester of the Newmarket families, was born in Cornwall County, England, in 1616; was in Dover, 1662; took the oath of allegiance, 1669; died at Newfields, 1732, aged 116. (93). Children:
2. William.2 3. John.2
(2). William2 (William1) married Mary settled at Oyster River. His widow was granted letters of administration, Feb. 25, 1741. The inven- tory showed the demands against the estate exceeded the personal property by 123 pounds 11 shillings, and the administratrix was authorized, April 25, 1744, to sell land sufficient to pay the debts. Child:
4. William3; m.
(3). Dea. John2 (William1) married (1) - Parsons, (2) Widow Smart; was surveyor of highways, Exeter, 1699; bought land of Richard Hilton May 8, 1706; in Capt. Nicholas Gilman's scout, July 5, 1710, for two days; enrolled in Lt .- Col. Shadrach Walton's command against Port Royal, 1710; presented claim against Col. Winthrop Hilton's estate, Oct. 3, 1717; appor- tioned 100 acres of common land, 1725; gave land for a highway leading from Newfields landing to Nottingham, March, 1733; had 10 acres of land assigned him by the committee of Exeter, Aug. 9, 1738; with his son, John,3 petitioned for a bridge over Squamscot River, Nov. 21, 1746, for its location at New- fields, 1759-60, and for lottery in aid of bridge, 1768; lived in the field between Hersey Lane and Ash Swamp. Child, by first wife:
5. John3 b. 1700; m. Mary - -. By second wife: 6. Daniel.3
(4). Williams (William,2 William1) married; had land assigned him, 1725; was selectman, 1727; was of Exeter, 1727; petitioned for Newmarket bridge, Nov. 21, 1746; witness to a deed of land from Nathaniel Bartlett to his son, John, March 27, 1747; had land bounding land sold by Robert Perkins to Samuel Brackett, June 3, 1755; petitioned for a lottery, and location of bridge at Newfields, 1759-60, and for Hall's Mill road, July 3, 1765; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776. (93). Child:
7. William2; m. Sarah, dau. of Simeon Wiggin, who was b. March 4, 1734; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; settled in Newmarket.
(5). John3 (Dea. John,2 William1) was born in 1700; was apportioned 40 acres of land, 1725; sold 12 acres 13 rods of land in Stratham, Swamscot patent, to John Hill and Joseph Jewett, Jan. 6, 1736; assigned 10 acres of
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land next to heirs of William Perkins, Aug. 9, 1738; petitioned for bridge over the river, Nov. 21, 1746; was in Col. Nathaniel Meserve's Regt. at Lake George, 1757; died, 1772. Child:
8. John4 b. 1720; m. Mary Hall.
(6). Daniel: (Dea. John,2 William1) married Mary, daughter of Wentworth Cheswell; was active in the parish, 1799, 1803 and 1824; collector, 1814-15, 1821 and 1823; member of the Congregational parish, 1803 and 1824.
Children :
9. John4; m. Hannah Brown. 10. Betsey4; m. John N. Watson of Dover.
11. Mehitable4; m. John Nason. 12. Harriet4; m. Joseph Pomroy.
13. Mary Ann4; m. - - Stedman.
(8). John4 (John,3 Dea. John,2 William1) was born in 1720; married Mary, daughter of Edward Hall, who was born about 1720; was a soldier, 1757. The administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Mary Dec. 7, 1805, who, with Robert Smart and Paul Chapman, gave bonds accord- ing to law. Children :
14. William.5
15. Roberts; petitioned for a bridge, 1746; sold house, barn and land to Samuel Brackett, June 3, 1755.
16. John5 b. 1744; m. Elizabeth Lovekin. 17. Josiah.
18. Richards b. about 1738; m. Molly Parsons.
(9). John4 (Daniel,3 Dea. John,2 William1) married Hannah Brown of Pitts- field; was of Pittsfield and Tamworth. Children:
19. Ada Janes; m. John Burley, who was b. Oct. 13, 1840.
20. John Pages; settled in Nottingham; m. and had John B.6
(16). Capt. John5 (John,4 John,3 Dea. John,2 William1) was born in 1744; married, Sept. 17, 1765, Elizabeth Lovekin, who was born 1738, and died July 16, 1814; learned the trade of blacksmith at Newburyport, Mass., and built a shop near the house of Hollis Pease; soon became shipmaster, and did little at his trade; built the house opposite the old parsonage; when too old to follow the sea, purchased a two-masted vessel for fishing, which he kept at First Creek; also occupied the old Hall brick garrison house, where his wife, as Captain Hall had done before, kept store in an adjoining wooden build- ing. His mother, Mary (Hall) Perkins, when two years old, was carried by the brick layers upon the old garrison to lay one of the bricks for which they claimed of her mother a quart of rum. These bricks had been dried on the grass stubble which left its impress upon them. Captain Perkins also built a grist mill where Charles Lane afterwards had his bark mill. When he was on the seas his wife was purser. He lent Gideon Colcord the money, and they together purchased the Maj. Nicholas Gilman farm extending from Hilton's Creek to Exeter line; signed the Association Test, July 12, 1776; petitioned the selectmen with reference to the location of the new meeting house, March 10, 1791; was pound keeper, 1801; fence viewer, 1831; had a committee consisting of Benjamin Haley, Gideon and Joseph Colcord, Phinehas Merrill and Seth R. Shackford, appointed April 18, 1814, to divide the Hall and Colcord lands, so called, containing 56 acres and 23 rods, between him and Michael Wiggin, thereby establishing on the Hall farm the line between J. B. Rider and Joseph Pease; gave half of his estate to his son, Robert,
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and Joseph Colcord, Robert Clark and Joseph Furnald were made a committee on the estate between him and the heirs of Robert; died, 1837. His will dated April 18, 1825, was probated Sept. 13, 1837. (109). Children:
21. Deborah6 b. May 29, 1766; m. Michael Wiggin; d. 1864. No ch.
22. Sarah6 b. Oct. 2, 1767; m. Sept. 27, 1787, Jeremiah Colcord; d. Feb. 13, 1792.
23. Hannah6 b. March 9, 1769; d. 1801.
24. Mary6 b. Aug. 6, 1770; d. 1797.
25. Elizabeth6 b. Oct. 6, 1771; d. 1784.
26. Robert6 b. Aug. 19, 1772; m. Deborah Hill.
(18). Richards (John,4 John,3 Dea. John,2 William1) was born about 1738; married about 1760, Molly Parsons, of Sandy Bay, now Rockport, Mass .; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; died in 1779. Among his eight children was
27. Josiah6 b. Newfields, June 2, 1767; m. Lydia Sanborn.
(26). Roberts (Capt. John,5 John,4 John,3 Dea. John,2 William1) was born Aug. 19, 1772; married Deborah, daughter of Gen. James Hill, who was born May 3, 1778, and died Sept. 19, 1815; was active in the parish, 1799, 1805 and 1808; lived on the Perkins homestead, and on the Hall farm, which he finally sold to Joseph, son of Maj. Joseph H. Pease; d. Feb. 19, 1814. The dower of his wife was 31 acres on east side of the road. Children:
28. Edward Hall? b. 1800; d. unm. 1850.
29. James7 b. 1803; d. in infancy. 30. Robert7; d. in infancy.
31. James Hill7; m. Mary Jane Smyth; settled in Williamsport, Pa. No children.
32. Sarah7; m. in Pennsylvania, Joshua B. Smyth, and had James& and Julia 8 Smyth; d. 1850.
33. John7 b. 1806; d. June, 1830.
34. Jeremiah Colcord7; m. Esther Ann, dau. of Thomas Russell and Esther W. (Robbins) Colcord; d. in Pennsylvania, 1853. Their dau., Carolines m. C. P. Helfenstein of Shamokin, Penn.
35. Robert7; m. Maria Cogshall, and had Roberts and Fred. 8
Michael Wiggin was appointed guardian of Edward H. and John Perkins, minors, June 30, 1815, and Seth R. Shackford of James, Sarah, Jeremiah C. and Robert Perkins, minors, children of Robert Perkins, July 10, 1815. John Burley Hill was authorized, Dec. 16, 1816, to sell land to settle the estate of the widow, Deborah Perkins, and rendered his account March 19, 1817.
(27). Dea Josiah6 (Richard,5 John,4 John,3 Dea. John,2 William1) was born June 2, 1767; married Lydia Sanborn; learned the trade of shoemaker and tanner of Dea. Samuel Lane of Stratham. Among his children was
36. David P.7 b. Laconia, Jan. 29, 1810.
(36). David P.7 (Dea. Josiah,6 Richard,5 John,4 John,3 Dea. John,2 William1) was born in Laconia, Jan. 29, 1810; married (1) Lydia C., daughter of Eben- ezer Lane, who was born in Pittsfield, April 22, 1809, and died Oct. 13, 1838, (2) Melissa, daughter of Col. Imri and Hannah (Patterson) Woods of Henni- ker, who was born in Deering, Aug. 7, 1814, and died, Manchester, Dec. 5, 1886; fitted for college at New Hampton, 1826; graduated at Brown Uni- versity, 1830; teacher many years; first male teacher, Manchester, June,
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1841, for two years, and purchased the only bookstore in town; read law with Hon. George W. Morrison; was justice of police court, Manchester; clerk in Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C., more than ten years; returned to Man- chester and resumed the practice of law, March 23, 1869.
Child by first wife:
37. David Lanes b. Pittsfield, March 2, 1838; educated in Manchester schools, and at New Hampton; studied law with Hon. George W. Morrison, and admitted to the bar in 1861; practiced law in partnership with his father; was clerk in the treasury, Washington, D. C., under Lincoln and Johnson; superintendent of currency, 1885-89; never married.
Children by second wife:
39. Lydia Melissa& b. Rockport, Mass., Feb. 14, 1840; d. Manchester, Nov. 21, 1843.
39. Mary Elizas b. Rockport, May 24, 1841; educated at the Young Ladies Classical Institute, Washington, D. C .; a thorough scholar in English litera- ture, and the French and German languages; d. Manchester, June 13, 1889.
1. Capt. Thomas1 Perkins was born in 1786; married Sarah Presson, who was born in 1792, and died April 18, 1860; was taverner and retailer, April 24, 1821; justice, 1830; settled in Newmarket on the Doe-Perkins-Chesley place; on his return from Portsmouth was drowned in crossing the river on the ice, April 1, 1836. His widow, Sarah, was granted letters of administration on his estate, April 21, 1836. Children:
2. Caroline G.2 b. 1815; d. July 13, 1832.
3. George O.2 b. 1823; m. Sarah who administered on his estate, Newfields, Feb. 19, 1851; d. Sept. 14, 1850.
4. Mehitable2 b. Dec. 27, 1825; m. 1850, Albert Field; d. Sept. 2, 1883; one child, Elizabeth.3
5. Sarah E.2; m. Ezekiel Sanborn, as second wife; d. May 13, 1893. No ch.
1. Jacob1 Perkins married Hannah Chase.
2. Rev. Jared2 (Jacob1) was born in Unity, April 21, 1793; married (1) March 28, 1820, Clarissa Glidden, who died Feb. 14, 1832; (2) July 28, 1833, Charlotte, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (White) Hall, who was born in Methuen, Mass., and died, Newfields, Dec. 3, 1875, aged 70; had pastorates in Winchester twice, Needham and Weymouth, Mass., Pembroke, Lyndon, Vt., Epping, Dover, Great Falls, Portsmouth, Nashua, Acworth, Unity, Goshen and Charlestown; was presiding elder, N. H. District, 1831-32, Bellows Falls (Vt.) District, 1840, Claremont District, 1841-42 and 1853, Concord District, 1843-44; member of the governor's council, 1846-48, of the legislature from Winchester, 1851, of the U. S. Congress, 1851-52, and of the General Conference, 1832, 1836, 1840, and once or twice afterwards; died, Nashua, Oct. 15, 1854. Children:
3. Charlotte M.3; m., June, 1 1869, Henry P. Neal of Newfields.
4. Martha A.3; m., June 15, 1873, Joseph M., son of Henry P. and Mary WV. (Jenness) Neal.
5. James3; dentist in Amesbury, Mass .; d.
Benjamin Perkins of Exeter and Epping married, Jan. 12, 1792, Mary Neal.
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PICKERING.
1. John1 Pickering married Mary -; came from England as early as 1636; settled first in Massachusetts, but came to Portsmouth prior to 1640; was one of the company that gave 50 acres of glebe land for the ministry, 1640; received a grant of land at Great Bay, Feb., 1655, and 50 acres additional, 1660; was land proprietor in Portsmouth, Feb. 24, 1657; granted by the town the south mill privilege on condition of his keeping in repair a way for foot passengers over the dam in going to meeting, 1658; a committee to distribute the land among the inhabitants, Feb. 3, 1660; died, 1669. Children:
2. John2 b. about 1640; m. - - Stanyan. 3. Thomas.2 4. Rebecca.2
5. Abigail.2 6. Mary ?; m. Samuel Drown. 7. Sarah.2
(2). John? (John1) was born about 1640; married a daughter of Anthony Stanyan of Hampton; inherited the mill dam and "Pickering's Neck"; had command of a company in Portsmouth several years; was representative in the first Assembly for Portsmouth, 1680, also, 1684; with a company of armed men took by force from Richard Chamberlain, secretary of the province under Andros and clerk of the superior court, the records and files, and concealed them in the house of Maj. Joseph Hammond in Kittery, but afterwards was forced to give them up by Usher's orders; was member of the Assembly most of the time from 1697-1709, and speaker, 1697-1799, and 1704-09; one of the counsel to defend the homes, houses and lands of the inhabitants of the prov- ince in the celebrated case of Allen vs. Waldron, involving Allen's title to the Province of New Hampshire; in March, 1671 gave the Point-of-Graves Ceme- tery for a public burying place, and in 1673 gave to the town a highway two rods wide through his land to the dam; bequeathed to the South Parish the lot on which ten years afterwards the South Church was erected; was a man of great physical strength; died in 1719. Among his 8 ch. was
8. John3; m. 1688, Elizabeth Munden and had John,4 Thomas,4 Daniel,4 Mary,4 who m. Ambrose Sloper, Deborah4 and Sarah4 who d. in 1719; Capt. Thomas was slain by the Indians near Casco bay, Me., 1746. Two generations later the male descendants of John became extinct.
(3). Capt. Thomas2 (John1) inherited the farm of more than 500 acres at Great Bay, where he built his log hut, a portion of which land is still in pos- session of his posterity; paid constable rates, 1688; was allotted a seat in church "in the men's gallery fronting the pulpit," 1693, and his wife in the "women's gallery"; excelled his brother in physical strength, winning the challenge by carrying on his shoulders up the steps to the mill 11} bushel bags of corn to his brother's 10; all the Pickering families now of the Pascataqua river are his descendants. Children:
9. James3 b. Newington about 1680, the first male Pickering born in the town; married, 1717, -; was lieutenant in the French war.
10. Joshua3; m. (1) - - Smithson of Portsmouth, (2) Jan vrin.
11. Thomas3; m. Mary Downing.
12. Nicholas3; m. (1) , (2) Mary Langdon of Portsmouth.
13. Daughter3; m. Brackett of Greenland.
14. Daughter3; m. Seavey of Rye.
15. Daughter3; m. Weeks of Greenland.
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16. Daughter3; m. - Grow. 17. Daughter3; m. - Chamberlain.
(12). Nicholas: (Thomas,2 John1) was born in Newington; married (1)
-, (2) about 1779, Mary Langdon of Portsmouth; lived in west from the Ash Swamp road. Among his four children by his second wife were:
18. Thomas4 b. 1780; m. Martha P. Brackett.
19. Daughter4; m. Benjamin Smith.
The graves of the family are on their farm, formerly the Ames place, fenced in by stone posts and iron rail, and marked by stones.
(18). Thomas4 (Nicholas,3 Thomas,2 John1) was born in 1780; married Martha P., daughter of Joshua Brackett, who died in 1866, aged nearly 76; died, 1825. Children:
20. Edwin A.5 21. James A.5 22. Joshua B.5 23. Frank.5
24. Martha P.5 25. John B.5
One of these brothers had a son Winthrop® who owned a part of the old homestead at Newington as late as 1859.
1. Anthony1 Pickering was born in 1722; may have been the brother of Nicholas above; married (1) Mrs. Elizabeth (Smart) Tufts, who died January, 1775, (2) Mrs. Abigail (Meserve) Durell; came from Newington and settled on the Ash Swamp road where his son Dea. Samuel2 afterwards lived; peti- tioned for a bridge over Squamscot river in 1746, and for a lottery in aid of bridge, and its location at Newfields, 1759-60; was of Lee, Aug. 6, 1785; died Dec. 26, 1786. His first wife had by her first marriage an only child, Betty Tufts; she owned the Tufts-Pickering place and had in her care a communion service and blanket, which tradition says belonged to Rev. Thomas Tufts, who came from England, graduated at Harvard college, 1701, and was ordained in Boston. His portrait hung in the Pickering parlor. Children:
2. Anthony ?; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; was taxed in Not- tingham, 1808.
3. Levi ?; was returned with Capt. Joseph Parsons' Co. at Newcastle, Nov. 6, 1775; also with Capt. James Hill's Co. on Pierce's Island; signed the Asso- ciation Test, 1776; was mustered with Capt. Daniel Gordon's Co., Col. David Gilman's Regt. Dec., 1776, receiving one month's pay and traveling fees to New York; was on the pay roll of the same Co. from January 5 to March 15, 1777; was carried to the Dartmoor prison, England, but came back and finally was drowned in Mohawk river, N. J., 1784. News of his death was sent directed to his uncle "Mr. Winthrop Pickering, New Market, near the Meeting house."
4. James ?; m. Rachael D. - -, who d. Dec. 9, 1842, aged 76; was returned with Capt. Joseph Parsons' Co. at Newcastle, Nov. 6, 1775; active in parish affairs, 1794 and 1799-1800; d. Jan. 14, 1821, aged 65. He had a son Anthony3 who d. Oct. 14, 1818, also probably Capt. James3 Pickering, who m. Dec. 25, 1828, Elizabeth Flanders, and a dau. Lydias who m. Nov. 30, 1834, Reuben L. Lane, who was born Feb. 29, 1808, and d. June 13, 1884. Lydia d. Sept. 23, 1885, aged 76.
5. Samuel2 b. June 28, 1759; m. Elizabeth Brackett.
6. Winthrop ?; was mustered into Capt. William Stilson's Co. under Col.
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Isaac Wyman, July 4, 1776, of the Northern Army; enlisted July 20, 1776, under Capt. Stilson to reinforce the army at Crown Point; had charge of the jail at Portsmouth, 1835-37.
7. Polly.2 8. Nicholas2; mentioned Jan. 17, 1779; d. Oct., 1825.
(5). Dea. Samuel? (Anthony1) was born June 28, 1759; married Dec. 28, 1790, Elizabeth, daughter of Benning Brackett; bought of Coffin Smith the first chaise used in Newmarket; was selectman, 1786, 1795, 1798, 1801-03 and 1818- 19; active in parish affairs, 1791, 1793, 1797, 1799-1800, 1807, 1809, 1815 and 1824-26; member of the church, 1800; committee of the parish May 30, 1803, to purchase and deed the parsonage to the parish; auditor, 1810 and 1821; assessor, 1811-12 and 1817; repaired the parsonage, 1825-26; succeeded, Tim- othy Murray as deacon of the church, 1814; warden, 1817; treasurer, 1828; lived on Ash Swamp road; died Dec. 4, 1842. Children:
9. Mehitable3; m. - Tibbetts. 10. Mary3; d. young.
11. Mary3; m. Timothy Batchelder; d. West Deerfield, Aug. 28, 1843, aged 47.
12. John3; m. Abigail, dau. of Joshua Weeks of the old brick house, Green- land, in which eight generations have lived, who was b. Feb. 8, 1814, and d. Jan. 27, 1847; was on committee of the parish to see if Mr. Brodhead will accept the parsonage as usual. Their children were John Albert4 and Caroline A.4, both unmarried, who live together on the old homestead.
13. Eliza3; m. Simon Batchelder. 14. Abigail3; m. John Brackett.
PIKE.
1. John1 Pike came from Southampton, England, in the ship James, in 1635; was of Newbury, Mass., 1638; d. Salisbury, Mass., May 26, 1654. Children, five b. in England:
2. Robert2 b. before March 17, 1616; m. (1) Sarah Sanders, (2) Mrs. Martha Goldwyer.
3. John2; m. Mary Moody. 4. Dorothy ?; m. Daniel Kendrick.
5. Ann2; m. and had children. 6. Israel.2 7. Sarah2; d. Nov., 1659.
(2). Maj. Robert2 (John1) was b. in England before March 17, 1616; m. April 3, 1641, Sarah Sanders, who d. Nov. 1, 1679, (2) 1685, Martha Gold- wyer, widow of George Goldwyer; made freeman, May 17, 1637; with sixty- five others left Newbury and founded Salisbury in 1639; was early member of the church, Salisbury, Mass .; magistrate to end small causes, 1644; repre- sentative to the General Court, 1648-49, 1663 and 1670-82; lieutenant of the Train-band, 1647; afterwards captain and major; assistant, 1650 and 1682-96; commissioner to establish line between Exeter and Hampton, 1651. He was fined and disfranchised for defaming the General Court in declaring that "the law restraining unfit persons from constant preaching was against the liberty of the country both civil and ecclesiastical," Sept. 7, 1653; commissioned to take acknowledgment of deeds, etc., 1665; appointed ser- geant-major over the militia companies of the county of Norfolk and Pascata- qua, May 31, 1670; committee on a controversy between Exeter and Dover, March 25, 1672; plaintiff against Edward Gove in an action of trespass in cutting wood near Hampton line, 1673; excommunicated for "litigiously" impeaching his pastor, the Rev. John Wheelwright, 1675-77; complained of for profaning the Sabbath by traveling, 1680; his troop of horse divided by
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cutting off Hampton and Exeter from Norfolk County, 1680; counsellor, 1689; commander-in-chief of the militia east of the Merrimack, 1690; wrote a letter to Jonathan Corwin stating his reasons why "spectral evidence" was not relia- ble in the trials for witchcraft, Aug. 9, 1692; d. Dec. 12, 1706. His wife sur- vived him and died Feb. 26, 1713. Children, all by first wife:
8. Sarah& b. Feb. 24, 1642; m. (1) Wyman Bradbury, (2) John Stockman.
9. Marys b. Feb. 22, 1644; d. young.
10. Dorothys b. Nov. 11, 1645; m. (1) Joshua Pierce, (2) John Light of Portsmouth, and Newbury, Mass.
11. Marys b. Aug. 5, 1647; m. (1) - --- Andrews, (2) Lt. John Allen.
12. Elizabeth& b. June 24, 1650; m. William Carr.
13. John3 b. May 13, 1653; m. Sarah Moody.
14. Roberts b. June 26, 1655; m. Mary Follansbee.
15. Moses,3 b. March 15, 1659; m. Susanna Worcester.
(3). John2 (John1) was born in England; married Mary Moody; set- tled in Newbury, Mass .; with his brother, Robert, was executor of his father's will. Children:
16. John.3 17. Joseph.$ 18. Hannah.$ 19. Mary.$ 20. Ruth.s
(8). Sarah3 (Maj. Robert,2 John1) was born Feb. 24, 1642; married (1) about 1665, Wyman, son of Capt. Thomas and Mary Bradbury, (2) John Stock- man, who died before 1700. Her first husband was recorder of old Norfolk County. Children:
21. Wyman Bradbury. 22. John4 Stockman. 23. Joseph+ Stockman.
(11). Marys (Maj. Robert,2 John1) was born Aug. 5, 1647; married (1) Andrews; (2) Lt. John Allen; died before April 14, 1696. Children:
24. Joseph Andrews. 25. Sarah. Allen. 26. Mary Allen.
27. Hannah+ Allen.
(12). Elizabeth: (Maj. Robert,? John1) was born June 24, 1650; married, Aug. 20, 1672, William, son of George Carr of Salisbury, Mass. Child:
28. Sanders4 Carr.
(13). Rev. John3 (Maj. Robert, John1) was born May 13, 1653; married, May 5, 1681, Sarah, daughter of Rev. Joshua Moody, who died Jan. 24, 1703; graduated, Harvard College, 1675; made freeman, 1676; ordained successor of Rev. John Raynor of Dover, Aug. 31, 1681; died, March 10, 1710. He kept a diary which is considered of historic value. Children:
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