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TARLETON.
The Tarleton family of New England is of English origin, coming probably from the vicinity of London.
1. Richard1 Tarleton was born about 1640; married (1) May 22, 1666, Edith Lockson, who died in England leaving a daughter, (2) about 1692, Ruth, daughter of Elias and Ruth (Mannyard) Stileman; settled in Portsmouth. His Will was probated March 4, 1708. Children:
2. Elias2 b. Aug. 13, 1693. 3. William2 b. before 1695.
4. Richard2 b. after 1695. 5. Ruth2 b. after 1695.
(2). Elias2 (Richard1) was born Aug. 13, 1693; married Mary about 1720; was taxed in Portsmouth, 1727; one of a committee to dispose of the undivided land of New Castle, 1731; petitioned for the parish of Rye to be set off from New Castle, 1734, and for a second meeting house in the south part of Portsmouth, 1737; one of the military band to Rochester and Barring- ton, April 7, 1748, joining the band again June 3, 1748; sold 50 acres of land in Portsmouth to Benjamin Tarleton July 9, 1771; died, 1785. 7 ch.
6. Elias: (Elias,2 Richard1 ) was born in New Castle or Portsmouth, 1720; settled in Rye; was one of 66 men under Capt. Job Clement who were a guard for Rochester and Barrington, joining June 3, 1748; was on the pay roll of Capt. John Calfe's Co., Col. Pierse Long's Regt. at New Castle at the entrance of Portsmouth Harbor, mustered Oct. 5, 1776, to Dec. 7, 1776, and on a second pay roll of the same company from Dec. 7, 1776, to Jan. 7, 1777; petitioned for a lottery to build a bridge at New Castle, 1778, and not to be represented in the general court, 1786; was keeper of the lighthouse at Fort Point, 1784; on the pay roll of a Company stationed at New Castle from Oct. 13, 1785, to Feb. 13, 1786; also on the next pay roll, Sept. 13, 1786; on the decease of Capt. Meshech Bell, was specially appointed to the care of Fort William and Mary, July, 1786, and on the pay roll of Capt. Titus Salter's Co. as sergeant at Fort William and Mary, from Sept. 14, 1786, to Jan. 14, 1787; a year or two before his death walked from Rye to Newfields (12 miles) to spend Thanksgiving and back the next day; died Dec. 2, 1811. Children:
7. Mary4 b. 1743; d. June 3, 1836. 8. Stileman4 b. 1745; d. Jan. 4, 1807.
9. Elias4 b. 1749; d. Dec. 5, 1829. 10. William4 b. 1752; d. March 19, 1819.
11. Joseph4 b. 1762; d. April 6, 1852.
(8). Stileman4 (Elias,3 Elias,2 Richard1) was born in 1745; married (1) Martha, daughter of Dr. Manning, of Ipswich, Mass., who died May 6, 1784, aged 47, (2) Deborah , who administered on his estate, 1814; bought 20 acres of land in Portsmouth of Thomas Seavey, once owned by his father, Dec. 26, 1793; was a ship carpenter; settled at Newfields, 1768, and built there a house; was active in the parish, 1794, 1797 and 1799-1800; died Jan. 14, 1807. Children born in Newfields:
12. Margarets b. 1767; m. about 1789, Bradstreet Wiggin of Exeter; d. Dec. 1, 1855.
13. Samuel5 b. Dec. 11, 1769; m. Jerusha Hopkins.
14. Marys b. 1771; m. Timothy French of Stratham who d. April 21, 1817, aged 39; d. Feb. 11, 1856.
15. William Mannings b. 1774; m. Abigail, dau. of Dea. James Ladd of Haverhill; lived in Piermont; d. 1861, as also his widow.
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16. John5 b. 1776; never married; sold house and lot in Newmarket and went to sea, then to South America; visited his relatives in 1827; returned to South America, and was never afterwards heard from.
17. Hannah5 b. 1778; m. (1) about 1797, Zachariah Beal, a master ship- builder of Portsmouth, who d. about 1817; (2) Jonathan Locke; d. Salmon Falls, 1851.
18. Sallys b. July 16, 1781; m. David Manson of Kittery, Me., who was b. May 30, 1732; moved to Bradford, Vt .; d. there Dec. 22, 1835, and her hus- band m. (2) Dec. 22, 1842, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Tarleton, and returned to Newfields, 1856; d. there Dec. 15, 1871. The first of their seven children, George® Manson, was b. in Newfields, Sept. 22, 1808.
(13). Samuel5 (Stileman,4 Elias,3 Elias,2 Richard1 ) was born in Newfields Dec. 11, 1769; married Jerusha, daughter of Moses and Harriet (Mayhew) Hopkins of Cape Cod, Mass., who was born July 16, 1774, and died July 3, 1854; was a ship carpenter; lived in the Tarleton house and his brother-in-law, Capt. Zachariah Beal, north of him in the old Deale house; was a member of the parish, 1799 and 1824; died July 10, 1855. Children:
19. Stileman® b. Dec. 29, 1794; m. Martha Warner.
20. Martha Manning6 b. April 18, 1796; m. Samuel Paul; d. Feb. 19, 1883. (See Paul.)
21. Mercy Hopkins6 b. June 29, 1799; m. Feb. 24, 1824, Hall J. Jenness; d. March 15, 1871. No children.
22. Sarah6 b. Dec. 1, 1802; m. Dec., 1842, as 2d wife, David Manson; d. Jan. 10, 1896.
23. Samuel Hopkins® b. Feb. 19, 1806; m. (1) Sophia Tenney, (2) Mary G. Pickering.
24. Mary Ann6 b. Aug. 26, 1808; m. Jan. 18, 1829, Dana Bullard of Fram- ingham, Mass. 2 ch.
25. John W.6 b. July 10, 1815; d. in infancy.
(19). Stileman® (Samuel,5 Stileman,4 Elias,3 Elias,2 Richard1) was born in Newfields Dec. 29, 1794; married Oct. 25, 1821, Martha, daughter of Nathan and Martha Warner of Derry, who was born Sept. 27, 1796; learned the trade of millwright of Nathaniel Paul; superintended the erection of mills at Derry and Dover; for 20 years was engaged on mill work at the tide mills at Dan- vers, Mass., large mills at Calais, Me., and elsewhere; moved to Nashua, 1845; confined to crutches and chair from rheumatism last 17 years of life; died, Nashua, Feb. 12, 1875. His widow died, Worcester, Mass., July 17, 1885. Children :
26. Lucian Franklin7 b. Derry, May 23, 1822; m. (1) Louisa Baldwin, (2) Aug. 22, 1868, Lizzie Austin Ross.
27. Annie Jerusha7 b. Dover, Aug. 2, 1823; m. (1) April 3, 1847, Alvan Sawyer of Berlin, Mass., who d. Nov. 4, 1856, (2) Jan. 27, 1875, Edward L. Brigham of Marlboro, Mass., who was b. Oct. 8, 1806.
28. George Warner7 b. Dover June 21, 1825; m. Emma Ober of New Boston.
29. James M.7 b. April 8, 1827; d. Nov. 10, 1827.
30. Edwin Nathaniel7 b. Nov. 27, 1828; m. (1) Frances S. Rand, who d. Aug. 12, 1885, (2) Sept. 21, 1889, Mrs. Lizzie (Read) Hale of Beverly, Mass.
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31. Sarah Ellen7 b. Oct. 10, 1831; m. (1) Sept. 5, 1853, Calvin H. Rice, who d. Jan. 8, 1862, (2) March 20, 1882, T. Edward Smart of Saco, Me.
32. Augustus7 b. March 1, 1834; d. Feb. 12, 1864.
33. Martha Warner b. Oct. 21, 1838; m. April 21, 1886, George Lawless of Jersey City, N. J.
(23). Samuel Hopkins® (Samuel,5 Stileman, Elias,3 Elias,2 Richard1) was born Feb. 19, 1806; married (1) 1830, Sophia Tenney, (2) May 13, 1839, Mary G., daughter of George Pickering of Newington, who was born Nov. 2, 1810, and died Oct. 6, 1892; learned the trade of machinist at Great Falls; worked as journeyman at Great Falls, Dover, Newfields and elsewhere; became a locomotive engineer on the Eastern railroad, 1843; afterwards master mechanic at the Portland shop of the Portsmouth and Saco railroad; while at Newfields, was stockholder and director in the Swampscot Machine Co .; representative, 1853-54; purchased and moved onto the Pickering farm which was a part of the original grant to John Pickering, Sr., 1856; returned to his native village, 1864, and built his residence; died April 8, 1892.
Child by first wife:
34. Sarah7 b. Shapleigh, Me., April 4, 1831; m. Rufus Sanborn, and d. May 5, 1908. Children by second wife:
35. Martha7 b. Dec. 9, 1846; d. Sept. 5, 1863.
36. Mary7 b. Nov. 7, 1851; d. Sept. 3, 1863.
37. George Hopkins7 b. March 25, 1854; m. Mary Webb; piano tuner; lives in Newfields. No children:
TASH.
1. Maj. Thomas1 Tash was born in 1701; married Ann -, who was born in 1696 and died Aug. 25, 1759; was a distinguished civil and military officer; captain and major in the war of George II, 1744-48; was one of a scout of 20 men in the Co. of Capt. Joseph Thomas for the defense of Chester, Epping and Nottingham; . on the declaration of peace returned to his home near Newmarket Plains. His wife's grave in the cemetery near the old center of the town for many years was enclosed by stockade of cedar posts set on end in the ground eight to ten feet high. Children:
2. Col. Thomas2 was born in Newmarket in 1722; captain of Co. 4, in Col. Joseph Blanchard's Regt. in the expedition against Crown Point, April 24 to Nov. 1755; captain near Albany, Sept. 12, 1756; after the massacre at Fort William Henry, commanded a battalion of five companies, 250 men, raised in New Hampshire as a reinforcement to Col. Meserve's regiment for the defense of Fort Edward, ranking as major, Aug. 21 to Nov. 10, 1757; bore an active part in the French and Indian war, 1756-63; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1759-60; on return of peace settled in Newmarket, but removed to New Durham about 20 years before his death; was proprietor's clerk of New Durham, Dec. 30, 1765; grantee of Eaton, 1766, and of Chatham, 1767; petitioned the General Court to empower proprietors of New Durham to sell land of delinquent proprietors, Sept. 10, 1767; was on petition of the Inhabitants of Newmarket; to appoint field officer, Sept. 5, 1775 on "a com- mittee to examine into the matters of complaint of the committee of London- derry against Adam Stuart who is suspected of being Enemical to the Coun-
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try," Jan. 23, 1776; on "a committee of this House to join a committee of the Honble Board to consult about officering & commissioning the Regiment now to be raised," March 12, 1776; on "a committee of Twelve members of this House to join a committee of the Honble Board to confer about officering the Regiment now to be raised & commissioned for the Defence of this Colony," March 13, 1776, also March 14, 1776, "to confer upon the Expediency of joining with the Massachusetts in granting a Bounty unto the Privateers belonging to this & the Mass. Colony, that may take any of our Enemies Ships of War upon this coast"; also one of a committee "respecting a Peti- tion from Marlow, Stoddard and Cambden," with reference to boundary lines; commissioned Colonel, 1776; representative to the General Assembly, 1776, 1778-79; selectman, 1783. (98). Children:
3. Dea. John? was born in Newmarket, Jan. 1729; married Mary, daugh- ter of James and Polly (Pervear) Ham, who was born Nov. 1750, and died Dec. 23, 1848; was deacon, and his Sunday began Saturday night; bought land in Nottingham, 1759; petitioned for a lottery in aid of bridge, 1760; grantee of Eaton, 1766, and of Chatham, 1767; proprietor of Middleton and petitioned for its incorporation, 1773, which was granted 1778; signed the Association Test at Newmarket, 1776; was assessed in Lee, 1787; active in the parish, 1797-98; died Aug. 3, 1801. Children:
4. John3 b. April 30, 1777; drowned Aug. 27, 1792, in crossing the stream east of Elder Chesley's house with an ox team.
5. Lydia: b. 1779; m. Abraham, son of Capt. Robert Pike; d. 1846.
6. Betsey: b. July, 1781; d. Jan. 1, 1803.
7. Nancy3; m. Nov. 3, 1806, Winthrop, son of Col. John Folsom; who was b. Aug. 3, 1784, and d. March 27, 1823. 8. Mary3; m. John Paine.
9. Joseph H.3 b. 1788; m. Lucy M. Walker who d. Nov. 26, 1801; d. Aug. 29, 1828.
10. Clarissa3 b. 1791; m. 1813, Simeon Locke; d. 1871.
11. Thomas3; m. and settled in Exeter, Me .; was a school teacher.
12. Sally3; m. Joseph Churchill. 13. Patience3; m. John Churchill.
Jacob Tash was probably brother of Maj. Thomas; m. Patience Thomas, granddaughter of Joseph Smith of Oyster River; was an original proprietor of Barrington at its incorporation, May 10, 1722; petitioned for a new parish in Durham Jan. 31, 1839, and for a township.
TETHERLY.
1. Thomas1 Tetherly was active in parish affairs, 1799; married Welthea Shute; lived on River Street in the house since owned by J. C. Todd. Child:
2. William2 b. Dec. 20, 1807; m. Margaret A., dau. of James Spead who was b. June 10, 1812, and d. Jan. 28, 1866; settled in Newfields, lived on the old homestead, River street; d. June 15, 1848. Children:
3. Charles E.& b. 1834; d. 1851.
4. James W.& b. 1840; m. Helen J., dau. of Albert Morton; d. Oct., 1863.
5. Augustus B. b. 1842; d. March 1862.
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6. John Brodhead,3 grandson of Thomas, though not the son of William, 2 m. July 3, 1864, Addie M. Houghton; settled in Newfields; soldier, civil war, in 2d N. H. Regt .; d. Dec. 16, 1910; was a good citizen and is greatly missed in the community. Child:
7. Harriet, b. 1865; m. Sept. 1890, George A. Merrill; d. Augusta, Me., April, 1907.
THING.
1. Jonathan1 Thing was of Ipswich, Mass., 1641; of Exeter, and submitted to Massachusetts, 1653; married Joanna -- of Ipswich, Children:
2. Jonathan,2 m. Mary Gilman.
3. Samuel2; m. Dec. 8, 1696, Abigail, dau. of John, son of Edward Gilman, who was b. Nov. 3, 1674, and d. Nov. 7, 1725; selectman, and justice, 1724; moderator, 1727.
(2). Capt. Jonathan? (Jonathan1) married July 26, 1677, Mary, daughter of Counsellor John Gilman, who was born Sept. 10, 1658, and died Aug. 1691; died Oct. 30, 1694, aged 39, "shot by his own gun." Children:
4. Jonathan: b. Sept. 21, 1678; m. Abigail Gilman.
5. John: b. June 16, 1680; m. and had Mary4 who m. John, son of Nicholas Gilman, also a son Jonathan.4
6. Bartholomew: b. Feb. 25, 1682; m. Abigail Coffin.
7. Joseph: b. Nov., 1684; was tithingman, 1724; selectman, 1728.
8. Elizabeth.3
9. Benjamin: b. Nov. 12, 1688; m. (1) Pernal Coffin, (2) Deboral (Hilton) Thing.
10. Josiah b. 1690.
(4). Jonathan: (Capt. Jonathan,2 Jonathan1) was born Sept. 21, 1678; married Abigail, daughter of Benjamin Gilman; had a parish meeting at his house Feb. 3, 1698, to choose a committee to seat the people in the new meeting house; was constable, 1705; on a committee to lay out roads from town to town throughout the province, March 6, 1711; died, 1738. A war- rant to divide his estate was returned June 28, 1738. Children:
11. Jonathan.4 12. Edward.4 13. Annah.4 14. Mary4; d. young.
15. Abigail.‘ 16. Elizabeth.4 17. Sarah.4 18. Daughter4; d. young.
(6). Bartholomew3 (Capt. Jonathan,2 Jonathan1) was born Feb. 25, 1682; married (1) Dec. 7, 1705, Abigail, daughter of Tristam Coffin, and probably (2) April 3, 1712, Sarah, widow of John Kent, and daughter of Capt. Joseph Little; was town measurer, 1720; selectman, 1721; d. April 28, 1738. Child:
19. Mary4 b. Jan. 3, 1713; m. Oct. 22, 1730, Rev. Nicholas Gilman; d. Feb. 22, 1789.
(9). Benjamin: (Capt. Jonathan,2 Jonathan1) was born Nov. 12, 1688; married (1) Jan. 1712, Pernal Coffin, (2) Oct. 21, 1725, Deborah, widow of Samuel Thing, and daughter of Col. Winthrop Hilton; had laid out to him 10 acres of land "north of spruce swamp and south of pascasick river at a lodging way that runs through said swamp to said river," Feb. 21, 1721. Child by second wife:
20. Winthrop4 b. Jan. 10, 1728; m. Judith Fowler.
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(20). Winthrop4 (Benjamin,3 Capt. Jonathan2, Jonathan1) was born Jan. 10, 1728; married Judith, daughter of Philip and Susannah (Jacob) Fowler, who was born in Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 4, 1726; signed the Association Test, at Exeter, 1776; died July 25, 1806. Children:
21. Nabbys; never married; lived on the Thing homestead on Oak Lands road.
22. Winthrops b. March 20, 1754; m. Lydia Gilman.
23. Deborah5; m. about 1774, William Kuse.
(22). Winthrop5 (Winthrop,4 Benjamin,3 Capt. Jonathan,2 Jonathan1) was born March 20, 1754; married Lydia Gilman, who was born Aug. 15, 1768, and died, Exeter, Jan. 30, 1847; died Sept. 21, 1837. Children:
24. Betsey6 b. Jan. 12, 1795; d. unm. March 17, 1819.
25. Winthrop6 b. Sept. 20, 1796; m. Lavinia York; d. Oct. 10, 1871.
26. Judith6 b. April 21, 1798; d. unm. Feb. 9, 1820.
27. Zebulon G.6, b. April 22, 1800; m. Sarah Ann York of Brentwood; buildings were burned; d. April 15, 1882. Had dau., Betsey A.7 who m. 1872, George W. Pease.
28. James6 b. Aug. 4, 1802; d. Feb. 1, 1805.
29. Gilman6 b. June 14, 1804; m. Clarissa Wilson; d. June 3, 1855.
30. James R.6 b. Aug. 11, 1806; m. Abigail T. Blake, who d. Sept. 11, 1882; d. Haverhill, Mass., April 14, 1888.
31. Henry6 b. July 14, 1808; m. Nancy Giddings, who d. about 1887; adopted Henry Thing, son of Rev. Horatio N. Taplin; d. Jan. 19, 1878.
32. Benjamin6 b. Aug. 28, 1810; d. Feb. 10, 1834.
John Miles Thing was b. 1772, and d. June 1, 1836. Margaret, his wife, was b. 1774, and d. April 17, 1858. Were buried in the Thyng burying ground, Oaklands, near Newfields and Exeter line.
THOMAS.
Elisha Thomas was a soldier from Sept. 19 to Oct. 13, 1755, in Capt. Jona- than Tilton's Co., Col. Peter Gilman's Regt. and marched to Albany to rein- force the army; petitioned for a bridge at Newfields; was on the pay roll of Cap. Samuel Gilman from May 27 to Aug. 1775; received four dollars coat money Oct. 4, 1775; was of Newmarket and mustered in Capt. Daniel Gor- don's Co., Col. Thomas Tash's Regt. Sept. 20, 1776; refused to sign the Association Test, 1776; received 10 pounds on account of a wound received in the service, Dec., 1776; intending to kill Abraham Libby, in the dark he stabbed Peter Drowne with a new butcher knife from the tavern kitchen; learning his mistake he exclaimed he had killed his best friend; was tried before Col. Thomas Tash; hanged for murder June 3, 1788, said to be the first man hung in New Hampshire.
John Thomas of Durham married Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Wedgewood) Smith, who was born Jan. 7, 1789. Her sister Sally was born July 27, 1793, and married Bradbury J. Thomas.
Tradition says a Mr. Thomas was killed by the Indians near George Hardy's and was buried in the Hilton lot.
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TREADWELL.
1. Thomas1 Treadwell came to America in the ship, Hopewell, Capt. Babb in 1635; "sat down" first in Dorchester, but settled in Ipswich, Mass., 1636; married in England about 1633, Mary - -, who was born in 1605; died June 8, 1671. His wife died in 1685. Children:
2. Thomas2 b. in England, 1634; m. Sarah Titcomb.
3. Mary? b. Ipswich, Sept. 26, or 29, 1636.
4. Nathaniel2 b. March 15, 1640; m. Abigail Wells.
5. Esther2 b. March 21, 1641; m. Oct. 8, 1665, Daniel Hovey.
6. Martha2 b. March 16, 1644.
(2). Thomas2 (Thomas1) was born in 1634; married March 16, 1665, Sarah, daughter of William Titcomb of Newbury, Mass. Children:
7. Thomas3 b. March 3, 1666; m. Mary - - and had Marys b. June 8, 1691; was a shoemaker.
8. John3 b. Nov. 28, 1670; m. Mary Fowler.
9. Sarah3 b. Jan. 10, 1673. 10. Marys b. Aug. 9, 1675.
11. Ann3 b. Aug. 16, 1679; d. young.
(4). Nathaniel2 (Thomas1) was born March 16, 1640; married (1) June 19, 1661, Abigail, daughter of Thomas Wells, who died June 16, 1677, (2) March 25, 1678, Rebecca, daughter of William Titcomb of Newbury, Mass. Children:
12. Abigail b. Feb. 2, 1663. 13. Maryª b. Oct. 22, 1665.
14. Nathaniel3 b. 1668; d. 1672. 15. Hannah3 b. Feb. 7, 1670.
16. Thomas3 b. July 11, 1672. 17. Sarah3 b. Aug. 15, 1674.
18. Nathaniel: b. June 13, 1677. By second wife:
19. Elizabeth3 b. Jan. 18, 1679. 20. Rebecca b. April 8, 1686.
(8). John: (Thomas,2 Thomas1) was born Nov. 28, 1670; married Mary, daughter of Philip Fowler 2d, who was born about 1680, and died Oct. 28, 1756; died Dec. 16, 1727. Children:
21. Elizabeth4 b. July 16, 1699; m. - Gould.
22. Martha4 b. 1700; d. Oct. 27, 1727.
23. Sarah4 b. June 12, 1701; d. young.
24. Mary4 b. March 13, 1703; was living Nov. 28, 1727.
25. John4 b. Sept. 24, 1707; m. Oct. 9, 1728, Hannah Boardman. Had John5 b. Sept 20, 1738, who m. (1) Mehitable, dau. of Dr. Richard and Mehit- able (Putman) Dexter, (2) Mrs. Dorothy Goodhue, who d. Salem, Mass., May 6, 1802, aged 51; grad. Harvard college, 1758; a clergyman; represen- tative from Ipswich; judge of the Court of Common Pleas; member of Salem Turnpike Corporation, Aug. 5, 1806; d. Jan. 5, 1811.
26. Elisha4 b. May 24, 1710; d. Sept. 24, 1732.
27. Jonathan4 b. May 31, 1713; m. Ruth Pike of Wenham, Mass.
28. Sarah4 b. March 8, 1720; m. Dr. Abial Green of Hampton.
1. Charles Treadwell was a native of Ipswich, Mass .; married Mary Kelly of Newcastle from a family of affluence in England reduced to poverty by a reverse of fortune; a hairdresser by trade; came to Portsmouth in 1724 with his brother Jacob, a tanner; was so successful in business that in 1728 he completed his two-story building; in 1729 he leased for 999 years Lot No.
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20 of the Glebe Land, paying a rental of 15 shillings annually, March 25, to the wardens of the parish; the shop connected with the house paved the way to competence; signed the Association Test; with his son Jacob, 1770, were among the largest of 666 tax payers in Portsmouth. They built four hand- some houses, giving one to each of their three children. His wife died in 1783, aged 73. Children:
2. Jacob.2 3. Nathaniel2 b. 1731. 4. Hannah2; m. Dr. Ammi R. Cutter.
(2). Jacob2 (Charles1) married and had children:
5. William.3 6. Daniel.3 William and Daniel were publishers of the Portsmouth Oracle.
7. Charles3; was a merchant.
8. Jacob3; was a merchant; lost his property in the burning of Moscow.
9. Ann3; m. Rev. - - Eliot of Boston. 10. Mehitable.3 11. Mary.3
(3). Nathaniel2 (Charles1) was born in 1731; married Sarah Waldon who died Sept. 10, 1815, aged 73; signed the Association Test, 1776; came to Newmarket with his son Charles and family, Sept., 1814, and settled on the Gen. James Hill place. Children:
12. Nathaniel3; m. 13. Charles3 b. 1767; m. Elizabeth Drowne.
(13). Capt. Charles3 (Nathaniel,2 Charles1) was born in Portsmouth in 1767; married Elizabeth, daughter of Dea. Samuel Drowne of Portsmouth who died April 1, 1862, aged 84; having lost much property in the "great fire" at Portsmouth, 1813, came with his family to Newmarket, Sept. 1814, and settled on the Gen. James Hill estate; was tithingman, 1817 and 1826; auditor, 1820 and 1826; taverner, 1821, 1823, 1825 and 1827-28; on school committee, 1825; on committee of the Congregational society, 1827-28; clerk of society, 1828-29; moderator, 1829; was called "Captain"; died June 3, 1843. His widow died April 1, 1862, aged 84. Three daughters married Methodist preachers. Children:
14. Lydia4 b. Jan. 19, 1800; m. James Coleman who d. Feb. 1862; d. May 1875.
15. Charles4 b. April 10, 1803.
16. Thomas Drowne4 b. Portsmouth, Nov. 7, 1804; m. 1834, Elizabeth Gould; lived in Exeter; d. Dec. 22, 1887.
17. Ann Eliza4 b. July 11, 1807; m. Rev. Matthew Newhall; lived in Greenland; d. Jan. 1, 1890.
18. Benjamin Franklin4 b. March 31, 1809; d. unm. July 9, 1836.
19. Caroline Matilda4 b. Aug. 17, 1811; m. Rev. Philander Wallingford; d. Exeter, Sept. 2, 1894.
20. William Henry Harrison4 b. March 14, 1813; m. Martha Ann Brackett.
21. Frances Mary4 b. Jan. 15, 1815; d. Greenland, Nov. 16, 1877.
22. William Cutter4 b. Jan. 23, 1817; d. March 24, 1822.
23. Sarah Waldon4 b. Oct. 13, 1818; m. (1) John T. Locke of Newfields,
(2) Rev. John F. Adams of Greenland who was b. in Stratham, May 23, 1790; d. April 1, 1894.
24. Louisa Tewksbury4 b. June 4, 1820; d. May 8, 1822.
25. Napoleon Bonaparte4 b. Jan. 9, 1824; (1) Josephine Weeks, (2) Fidelia Hines; settled in Newmarket village; d. 1891; two ch. His wife survived him.
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(20). William Henry Harrison4 (Charles,3 Nathaniel,? Charles1) was born March 14, 1813; married Martha Jane, daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Pickering) Brackett, who died, 1886; lived in Boston; died April 6, 1893. Children:
26. Joshua Brackett5 b. Oct. 17, 1840; graduated, Harvard Medical college 1862; was assistant surgeon of the 45th, 54th, 5th and 62d Mass. Regts., and surgeon of the 5th Regt. of Mass. Vol. militia; d. May 7, 1885, leaving a widow.
27. Benjamin Franklin5 b. June 7, 1842; soldier, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. d. unm. 1911.
28. Martha Janes b. Aug. 24,1843; m. Alonzo Grout; res. Exeter; one son, Harrison T.6 Grout.
29. Sarah Abbie® b. 1845; d. unm. March 17, 1908.
30. Mary Drownes b. 1847; d. unm. 1901.
All buried in the family burying ground Ash Swamp road.
The Brackett-Treadwell place was formerly a Keniston place, occupied by a man who had been scalped by the Indians.
TRULL.
1. Dr. Phineas1 Trull was born in Tewksbury, Mass., Sept. 1, 1781; married Nancy, daughter of Francis and Sarah (Batchelder) Jenness of Piscassic; studied medicine with Dr. George W. Kittredge of Epping, the youngest of eight sons born in Tewksbury, all of whom became physicians; began prac- tice in Raymond in 1805; was burned out in 1809; town clerk in 1810-13; removed to Newfields in 1819, and occupied the house of William Cario, the silversmith; soon became identified with the social, business and religious interests of the community; was active in the Congregational Society, 1829, the year of its reorganization; with his wife, became member of the New- fields S. S. Union, and joined the Congregational church on profession; was unwearied in his exertions to relieve the sick and suffering for 29 years, highly respected and dearly beloved; died Aug. 22, and his wife Sept 2, 1848, both of the same age, 67 years. One monument now marks their united graves.
Children, born in Raymond and Newfields:
2. Child2 (Luther, ?); d. in infancy.
3. Bruce2; m. Caroline ----; settled in Thomaston, and later, Bath, Me .; several children.
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