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the report of a committee consisting of Josiah Chase. John Stanyan, John Sanborn, John Redman, Joseph Swett, and Samuel Dalton. In 1709, James Prescott, sen., Nathaniel, and James, jr., signed a petition for a new parish " at the Falls." In 1710, James, sen., Jonathan, and Nathaniel Prescott signed a petition again for a new parish at Hamp- ton Falls, which was set off and incorporated into a new town by the name of Hampton Falls, on the 20th of April, 1712. James Prescott removed from Hampton Falls to. Kingston in 1725, where he died November 25, 1728, aged about eighty-three years ; he was born in England about 1643; tlie record of his death on the books in Kingston reads thus : " Nov. 25, 1728 James Prescott, an aged father died." Mary, his widow, died at Kingston, October 4, 1735, aged eighty-seven years.
The children of James Prescott and Mary Boulter were : (1) Joshua, born March 1, 1669 ; his name appears as an inhabitant of Hampton Falls in 1722. In 1727, he and his son Nathan are found to be inhabitants of Kingston ; he resided a part, if not all, of the time, after leaving Hampton Falls, in that part of Kingston which, since 1738, has con- stituted the town of East Kingston. It is a tradition, that he did not marry until thirty-eight or forty years of age. (2) James, jr., born September 1, 1671, married, March 1, 1695, Maria Marston ; (3) Rebecca, born April 15, 1673, married, December 3, 1691, Nathaniel Sanborn ; (4) Jona- than, born August 6, 1675, married Elizabeth _; (5) Mary, born June 11, 1677, married Jabez Coleman, Novem- ber 2, 1699; (G) Abigail, born November 19, 1679, mar- ried Richard Bounds, November 2, 1699; (7) Patience, born November 19, 1679, twin sister to Abigail, died young ; (8) Joli, born November 19, 1681, married Abigail Mars- ton, August 8, 1701; (9) Nathaniel, born November 19, 1683, married Ann Marston, December 30, 1703, sister to Abigail.
The child of Joshua was Nathan, born about 1710 or 1711,
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married, March 30, 1736, Usley Ward of Marlborough, Mass., daughter of Samuel and Mary Ward, born August 30, 1711; he resided in Kensington and East Kingston. We find him taxed in East Kingston from 1757 to 1764. His name is on a petition to the legislature, with sundry other inhabit- ants of Kingston, in 1732 ; he died in 1764 ; his son, Capt. Stephen, was appointed administrator to his estate, Novem- ber 9, 1764. After the Revolution, his widow removed with her son, Capt. Stephen, to Deerfield, where she died in 1807 or 1808, aged ninety-six years.
The child of Nathan Prescott and Usley Ward of East Kingston, was Capt. Stephen, born at Marlborough, Mass., May 16, 1736, married, August 3, 1759, Deborah Weare, born at Kensington, 1736, and died at Kingston in 1764, leaving a son, Samuel. On the 26th of June, 1766, Capt. Stephen married, for a second wife, Rebecca Davidson of East Kingston. After the Revolution he removed to Deer- field, where he died about 1806; his will was dated June 24, 1799, and proved July 22, 1806 ; he signed the Asso- ciation Test at Kensington in 1776.
The children of Capt. Stephen Prescott and Deborah Weare were : -
(1) Samuel, born June 17, 1760, married Miriam Page of Seabrook, born 1767, and died at Deerfield, 1848, aged eighty-one years ; children by second wife, Rebecca David- son : - (2) Nathan, born September 12, 1766, married, first, -; second, a Widow Morrison ; (3) Stephen, born De- cember 10, 1769, married, first, Abigail Page, born July 7, 1768, and died March, 1823, aged fifty-five years ; second, married Sally Tucker ; he was a farmer in Deerfield, where he died April 20, 1842, aged seventy-two years ; (4) Debo- rah, born 1771, married Jerry Rollins ; (5) Rebecca, born 1773, married Ebenezer Brown of Deerfield, August 18, 1793 ; moved to Bowdoinham, Me. ; thence to St. Andrews, N. B .; she was living at St. David's, N. B., a widow, in 1856 ; (6) Josiah, born August 5, 1775, died January 20, 1778.
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The children of Samuel Prescott and Miriam Page were :
(1) Mary, born October 6, 1782, married Jonathan Chase, born December 24, 1779; they removed to Epsom; had three children : Josiah, Samuel P., and Hannah W., born August 7, 1819, married George F. Fife, May 11, 1848, reside in Deerfield ; (2) Hannah, born 1784, married Sam- uel Pulsifer, born May 23, 1784, and died June 25, 1844, aged fifty-nine years ; had Capt. Samuel P. and Jonathan Pulsifer ; (3) Weare, born April 7, 1791, married Mary Locke, 1815, daughter of Capt. Samuel Locke of Epsom, born October 10, 1794, died October 14, 1854, aged sixty years ; he resided in Deerfield, where he died January 16, 1866, aged seventy-four years.
The children of Stephen Prescott and Abigail Page were : (1) True, born February 12, 1790, married Olive Wey- mouth, September, 1812 ; she was born in Barnstead, Sep- tember 10, 1795 ; he was a carpenter ; removed to Strafford, and in 1-65 to Durant, Cedar County, Ia., at the age of seventy-five, and died May 18, 1868, aged seventy-eight ; (2) Mary, born November 19, 1791, married John Sanborn of Exeter, October 18, 1826, born February 15, 1787 ; set- tled in Sanbornton ; she died April 17, 1834 ; (3) Deborah, born August 11. 1793, married, February 20, 1817, John Weymouth, born September 1, 1792, died August 6, 1825 ; his widow resides in Lowell, Mass. ; (4) Stephen, born Oeto- ber 19, 1795, married, first, Jemima Currier, November 1, 1820, born August 24, 1795, and died June, 1865; second, married Widow Hannah Dow, August, 1870 ; he was select- man two years, and representative in the legislature in 1843- 44, and was a soldier in the war of 1812; (5) Abigail, born November 30, 1798, married John Hilton, son of Col. Joseph Hilton ; (6) Josiah B., born April 28, 1800, married Martha, daughter of Henry and Polly (Wiggin) Dearborn ; she was born February 27, 1803 ; Henry Dearborn, born at Deerfield, May 11, 1780, moved into Maine, where he died.
The children of Weare Prescott and Mary Loeke were :
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(1) Hannah, born August 12, 1816, married, 1854, John C. Watson of Newmarket ; (2) Samuel, born May 20, 1818, married, 1850, Mary Ann Jones of Boscawen, born Decem- ber 13, 1826 ; captain of cavalry ; removed to Dover; (3) Capt. Jacob W., born May 7, 1822, married, 1847, first, Abby J. Hobbs, born June 14, 1820; second, married Sarah A. Ring, born October 17, 1827 ; he resides at Deer- field Parade, and keeps a hotel ; he was captain of the com- pany of cavalry in the Eighteenth Regiment New-Hamp- shire militia ; (4) Mary J., born May 4, 1828, married, 1850, Benjamin D. Hill ; reside in Northwood.
The children of True Prescott and Olive Weymouth of Deerfield were : -
(1) John W., born November 3, 1813, resides in Read- ing, Mass. ; (2) True, born July 16, 1817 ; married, Janu- ary 5, 1837, Susan P. Chick, born in Strafford, August 13, 1815. In 1865, he, with his father, removed to Durant, Cedar County, Ia.
The children of Mary Prescott and John Sanborn of San- bornton were : -
(1) Hannah C., born September 12, 1827, married M. C. Pope of Quincy, Mass. ; (2) Abigail P., born June 28, 1829, died February 6, 1853, at Acapulco, Mexico, of yellow fe- ver ; (3) Sarah T., born March 16, 1831 ; (4) Deborah W., born November 18, 1832, married Lewis D. Sanborn of New Hampton.
The children of Deborah Prescott and John Weymouth were : -
(1) Abigail Prescott, born March 24, 1821; married, November 25, 1846, Josiah W. White, born April 26, 1809 ; had two children, Josiah W., born January 17, 1849, and Mary P., born July 25, 1853 ; (2) Mary Prescott, born Jan- uary 23, 1823, died February 17, 1840, aged seventeen.
The children of Stephen Prescott and Jemima Currier of Deerfield were : -
(1) George W., born August 31, 1822, died July 31,
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1841, aged eighteen years, eleven months ; (2) Winthrop T., born January 16, 1824; married, January 22, 1851, Martha W. Frecse, born May 10, 1827, daughter of Judge Dudley Freese of Dcerfield ; (3) Safford W., born May 8, 1825, married, 1868, Susan Chesley of Lee ; they live in Man- ehester ; (4) Henry Benton, born and died in 1826; (5) Joseph H., born September 25, 1827 ; lived in Lawrence, Mass. ; died September 21, 1849 ; (6) Stephen, jr., born June 4, 1830, married, November 17, 1859, J. Calvina James, born August 12, 1834; (7) Abbie L., born No- vember 21, 1831, married, June 15, 1857, Henry J. White, born December 26, 1834 ; (8) Mary E. J., born December 22, 1834, married, October 27, 1855, Charles W. Norris, born March 4, 1827; they reside in Dover; (9) Andrew J., born May 11, 1836, married, January 21, 1858, Lucy A. Tilton, born January 24, 1838; (10) Benjamin F., born November 15, 1838, died February 15, 1839.
The children of Josiah B. Prescott and Martha Dear- born of Deerfield were : -
(1) Abigail, born January 29, 1827, died December, 1827 ; (2) Stephen D., born October 30, 1828 ; married, June 11, 1857, Mary S., daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Dear- born and Mary (Stevens) Dearborn, born February 16, 1832 ; they reside at Haverhill, Mass. ; ehildren, Ella M., born February 11, 1860, and Carrie Belle, born January 25, 1862; (8) Charles W., born April 12, 1831, married Miss Abby Silver, May 13, 1854, born January 6, 1828, daughter of Joseph M. Silver; Mr. Silver was born January 15, 1800 ; his wife, born April 16, 1800 ; Mr. Preseott resides at the Parade, a respected and enterprising merchant ; (4) Mary Abby, born March 22, 1835, married, November 11, 1857, Jonathan V. Dearborn, son of Richard C. Dearborn and Dolly ( Veasey ) Dearborn, and grandson of Joshua Vea- sey and Molly Fifield of Hampton; their children, Alice J., born December 18, 1859, and Clara E., born March 11, 1861 ; (5) George H., born June 12, 1845, married, Sep-
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tember 10, 1865, Jennie Morrill of Peterborough ; they reside in Lynn, Mass. ; have one child, Charles, born Sep- tember 18, 1874.
The children of True Prescott, jr., and Susan P. Chick were : -
(1) Thomas Chick, born in Strafford, November 16, 1837 ; he enlisted, October 31, 1861, for three years, as a private, in Company G, Henry H. Huse, Captain, in the Eighth Regiment New-Hampshire Volunteers ; embarked, February, 1862, in the Gen. Butler expedition to Ship Isl- and ; was at New Orleans in the capture of that city, and accompanied Gen. Weitzel's expedition through Western Louisiana during the fall of 1862; May, 1863, was pro- moted to second lieutenant ; was at the siege of Port Hudson, June 14, 1863, and was severely wounded in the left shoul- der and breast by a musket ball, while gallantly leading his company, in the absence of his superiors ; in the spring of 1864 he was promoted to be first lieutenant of his company, and on the first of May was made adjutant of the regi- ment ; was in the Red River expedition, and, September 1, 1864, was promoted captain of Company H, of the same regiment, and placed on staff duty as acting-assistant ad- jutant-general of the post of Natchez, Miss., which position he held until January 1, 1865, when he returned with his regiment to New Hampshire, and, on the 17th of January, 1865, was mustered out of service; in 1865, Mr. Prescott removed to Durant, Cedar County, Ia., where, October 27, 1868, he married Jennie A., daughter of H. N. Wash- burn of Durant, Ia. ; (2) John Holmes, born in Strafford, November 3, 1840; he enlisted, November 4, 1861, for three years, as a private in Company G, Henry H. Huse Captain, Eighth Regiment New-Hampshire Volunteers, Hawks Fearing, Colonel ; in May, 1864, he was promoted to first lieutenant, and in November to the captaincy of the same company ; Capt. Prescott removed to Durant, Ia., in 1865, and in 1867 was inarried to Roxie O. Pingrey ; (3) Mary Olive, born in Strafford, February 9, 1843.
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The children of Winthrop T. Prescott and Martha W. Freese of Deerfield were : -
(1) Martha F., born December 14, 1851, married George F. Stevens ; have two children, Alice Maud, born Septem- ber 28, 1874, died August 14, 1875, and Ethel May, born September 12, 1875 ; reside in Northwood ; (2) Charles H., born July 1, 1853 ; (3) Bertine O., born January 13, 1859 ; (4) Nellie R., born April 7, 1869.
The children of Abbie L. Prescott and Henry J. White of Deerfield were : -
(1) Edward Norris, born August 20, 1860; (2) Henry P., born March 23, 1862, died November 25, 1862; (3) George L., born November 5, 1867.
The children of Mary E. J. Prescott and Charles W. Norris of Dover were : -
(1) Henry C., born December 4, 1856, died March, 1857 ; (2) Jennie E., born December 22, 1858.
The children of Andrew J. Prescott and Lucy A. Tilton of Deerfield were : -
(1) Harriet W., born October 25, 1858, died April 19, 1864 ; (2) Ella M., born July 13, 1861 ; (3) Mary J., born February 24, 1874.
RAND FAMILY.
Thomas Rand came from Northampton and settled at what has long been known as " Rand's Corner." His son William succeeded him on the homestead, and his descend- ants are quite numerous. Two of his daughters, Sally and Hannah, are living, unmarried, near the "Corner ; " Betsey married James Dalton, and lives near the Parade, having several children ; Polly married Gordon Haley of Epping, having children, Thomas, William, Daniel, Mary, Harriet, and others ; Nancy married Levi Palmer of North- wood, and had children, one of whom, Andros, lives at the head of Pleasant Pond ; another, George, lives in Maine ; Lydia J. married a Mr. Page of Pittsfield, and Mar- tha married a Mr. Hastings of Maine ; William, son of
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William Rand, married Mary Sherburn of Epsom, and she is now living in Deerfield with her son, Gilman Plummer ; John married Elizabeth Sherburn of Epsom, and died, leaving one daughter, Nancy V., and three sons, Joseph, Gilman, and Osro ; Gilman married Caroline, daughter of Deacon Samuel Stearns ; Edmund, son of William, was born January 4, 1802, and married, August 19, 1828, Julia James of Deerfield, born April 21, 1805. This Edmund died October 20, 1870, his children being : (1) William James, born July 20, 1829, married Almira Swallow of Boston, and is a merchant in New York, having for chil- dren, William, James, and Charles ; (2) Hannah Margaret, born May 8, 1832, married Rev. Enoch Place, a Freewill- Baptist clergyman, who died July 14, 1874, by whom she had one son, Eugene ; she married, for her second husband, Joshua Holland, and they live in Limerick, Me. ; (3) Clara Elizabeth, born June 7, 1834, married John Stearns, and they live in Greenland, having one son, Frank ; (4) Sarah Susan, born December 9, 1836, married Cyrus Giles, and they live in Deerfield, having one son, Freddie ; (5) Ed- mund Franklin, born January 26, 1839, married Elizabeth S., daughter of Benjamin Robinson, and lives in Deerfield, having two children, Alice Lorena and Grace L. ; (6) Mary Juliette, born June 6, 1841, married Andrew J. Edgerly, and resides in Candia ; (7) John Clinton, born November 3, 1844, married Clara, daughter of Nathaniel Dearborn, and has two children, Charles Edmund, and an infant ; (8) Harriet Augusta, born July 30, 1847, married James Hill, and they live in Haverhill, Mass., having one daughter, Lena Elizabeth ; (9) Albert Henry, born February 2, 1851, married Emma, daughter of John Noyes of Deerfield ; (10) Emma, born March 13, 1853, married Oscar Chase of Deer- field, and died June 20, 1873, leaving one son, Elma Guy.
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ROBINSON FAMILY.
Capt. James Robinson of Brentwood was born in 1708. He had two brothers, Ephraim and Josiah. His father's name was Jonathan, and he was a son of one of two brothers who came over from England some time in 1600. At what place they took up their residence, or what their given names, - not known. Capt. James Robinson was one of the first settlers in Brentwood, and built a log-house first, and it is related that the first year he lived there he cut only enough hay to keep a calf.
Capt. James Robinson was married to his first wife, Mary Gilman of Excter, December 27, 1732, by whom he had five children, four sons and one daughter. They all set- tled in Exeter and Brentwood ; their names, James, Edward Gilman, Abigail, Jonathan, and Moses; Abigail married Daniel Smith of Exeter. His first wife died 1750. He then married Anna Trask of Lexington, Mass., by whom he had four children, two sons and two daughters, Nathaniel, Mary, Joseph, and Anna. Nathaniel married, January 24, 1776, Miriam Tucker, daughter of James Tucker of Old Salis- bury, Mass. ; her mother's name was Miriam Osgood. His sister Mary married Biley Liford of Poplin ; Joseph mar- ried and settled in Brentwood ; Anna married Joseph God- frey and settled in Poplin. Nathaniel, the oldest, was born January 21, 1758 ; his father died January 22, 1767, aged fifty-nine. Hc was fourteen years old when his father died. He assisted his mother in the care of the farm until he was nearly twenty. He was drafted during the Rev- olutionary war, but obtained a substitute, and came to Deerfield, selected land for a farm owned by Benjamin Hallowell of Boston, Mass., and paid for it before he was twenty years old.
January 24, 1776, Nathaniel Robinson and Miriam Tucker were married, and took up their residence in Deer. field. Wolves and wildcats were numerous, and occasion- ally a bear would eross their path. They had eight chil-
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dren, six sons and two daughters : James, their oldest, was born January 24, 1777 ; married Polly Robinson of Ep- ping, and settled in Mount Vernon, Me. ; his second wife was Phebe Shurburn of Mount Vernon ; Nathaniel, his second son, was born April 8, 1779, married Polly Marston of Nottingham, and settled in Mount Vernon, Me. ; Moses, the third son, was born November 25, 1781, married Polly French of Mount Auburn, and settled in Mount Vernon, Me. ; his second wife was Rebecca Hussey of Rome, Me. Josiah, the fourth son, was born June 5, 1785, married Polly Merrill, daughter of Eliphalet Merrill, one of the early settlers of Deerfield, and settled on a part of the farm at home. Benjamin, the fifth son, was born April 20, 1788, married Betsey Neal, daughter of Levi Neal, and grand- daughter of John Neal of Newmarket, and a granddaughter of John Clark of Derry ; he lived in Deerfield, and died at the age of forty-seven, leaving a wife and five children. Joseph, the sixth son, was born July 4, 1793 ; he remained single, and took the place on the farm made vacant by the death of his brother Benjamin, exhibiting all the care and tenderness of a father to his children, who, in return, re- ciprocated his affection, and took care of him in his declin- ing years. Nancy was born October 25, 1790, and remained single, living at home. Polly, the youngest, was born October 26, 1795, married Thomas D. Rawlins, son of Francis Rawlins, and grandson of Aaron Rawlins, one of the first settlers in Deerfield, and lived on the farm with his father.
Miriam, wife of Nathaniel Robinson, died August 26, 1825, aged sixty-nine. Nathaniel Robinson died May 2, 1839, aged eighty-six years. All of his children are dead ; their ages ranged from sixty-four to eighty.
At the celebration of Gilbert Robinson's silver-wedding (grandson of Nathaniel Robinson), January 24, 1874, an historic sketch of the family was read by Rev. Mr. Walker, in which these facts were related in regard to Nathaniel
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Robinson's descendants : Of eight children, there were fifty- two grandchildren, of whom twenty-five are dead; one hundred and one great-grandchildren, and of the great- great-grandchildren there are over sixteen. Some of his descendants are settled in the extreme parts of Maine, Cali- fornia and other portions of the West, as well as in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. There are eight named James, after Nathaniel Robinson's father ; seven after Nathaniel Robinson ; seven named Ann, or Anna, after Nathaniel Robinson's mother ; two named Miriam, for his wife. One of the fifth generation, a granddaughter of Gil- bert Robinson, was born, 1872, in the house built by Na- thaniel Robinson. By Nathaniel Robinson's will his farm was divided between Josiah, Benjamin, Nancy, and Joseph ; one third each to Josiah and Benjaniin, and a third to Nancy and Joseph. Gilbert Robinson, son of Josiah, still owns his father's share. That part of the farm on which the house stands that Nathaniel Robinson built, has been sold recently, having been in the name almost an hundred years. The one-hundredth anniversary of their marriage occurred January 24, 1876. Some years after their sons were settled in Maine, he and his wife rode one hundred and fifty miles to visit them, she on a side-saddle.
Benjamin Robinson died February 19, 1834; Betsey. his wife, died March 30, 1869; their children were : (1) Ben- jamin, born February 3, 1820, died August 5, 1822; (2) Miriam T., born November 1, 1821, married Joseph Bean, March 11, 1866 ; (3) Mary, born November 18, 1823, died August, 1825 ; (4) James, born January 3, 1826, married Eliza A. White, February 5, 1859; (5) Benjamin F., born February 29, 1828, married Sarah H. Russel of Maine, No- vember 28, 1859; (6) Nathaniel, born June 20, 1830, mar- ried Susan Watson of Nottingham, December 12, 1857; (7) Eleanor, born December 15, 1832; (8) Elisabeth S., born September 2, 1834, married E. Frank Rand, April 13, 1859.
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The children of James and Eliza A. Robinson were : (1) James Berton, born September 22, 1861; (2) Hattie B., born November 8, 1863 ; (3) Joseph Woodbury, born No- vember 4, 1868.
The child of Benjamin F. and Sarah H. Robinson was Althea, born January 28, 1861.
The children of Nathaniel and Susan Robinson were : (1) Marion Josephine, born December 4, 1858 ; (2) Flora Ann, born June 1, 1862.
The children of Elisabeth S. and E. Frank Rand were : (1) Alice Lorena, born March 5, 1860; (2) Grace Lavert, born December 3, 1867.
The children of James Robinson of Mount Vernon, Me., were Mary Ann, Hannah, Lucinda, Samuel, Sally, Na- thaniel, James Franklin, Julia, and Charles.
The children of Nathaniel Robinson were Jolin, James, Polly, Nancy, Nathaniel, Harriet, Curtis, and Joseph.
The children of Moses Robinson were George, Maria, Rufus, Mary, John, Daniel, Sarah, Laura Ann, Franklin, Napoleon B., and Cordelia.
Josiah Robinson was born June 5, 1785; his children were : (1) Frederick, born March 7, 1809, married Harriet Judkins of Deerfield ; (2) Polly, born February 22, 1811, married Stephen Smith of Deerfield ; (3) Nathaniel, born 1814, died in childhood ; (4) Gilbert, born September 27, ' 1816, married Eunice J. Freese, November 7, 1843, who died August 15, 1848 ; his second wife, Sarah H. Dolloff of Hooksett, born October 20, 1826, married, January 23, 1849 ; (5) Hannah, born March, 1820, died August, 1825 ; (6) Susan, born 1822, died August, 1825; (7) Josiah Jef- ferson, born August 12, 1828, married Elisabeth L. Watson of Nottingham, August 8, 1854, died June 4, 1858; his second wife was Clara L. Sanborn, born May 5, 1849, and married October 6,1868 ; (8) Miriam Ann, born 1830, died 1834. Polly Robinson died May 27, 1833 ; Josiah Robin- son died November 14, 1853.
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Dyer S. Smith, born March, 1849, son of Stephen and Polly Smith.
Jacob F., son of Gilbert and Eunice Robinson, born Au- gust 13, 1844, married Emma Durgin of Pittsfield ; Mary, daughter of Sarah and Gilbert Robinson, born November 15, 1849, married Samuel Hill, November 15, 1871; Sam- uel Hill died May, 1877; John G., son of Gilbert Robin- son, born July 20, 1851, married Belle French, February 27,1873.
The children of Jacob F. Robinson were : (1) Edith, born April 5, 1874; (2) Charles Gilbert, born November 9, 1877.
Lillian B., daughter of Mary and Samuel Hill, born Octo- ber 11, 1872 ; Annie M., born April 15, 1876.
The children of Josiah J. and Elisabeth L. Robinson were : (1) Lona M., born May 18, 1855; (2) Charles J., born March 30, 1857, died March 19, 1859; (3) Horace J., son of Clara L. and Josiah J. Robinson, born May 20, 1869.
Thomas D. Rawlins died September 28, 1867 ; his wife, Polly Robinson, died January 8, 1870 ; their children were : (1) Mary Ann, born May 3, 1820, died October 6, 1860 ; (2) Thomas D., born March 25, 1828, died June 8, 1864 ; (3) Sarah E., born May 15, 1832, married Martin W. Childs; their son, Walter M., was born January 12, 1857 ; Sarah E., wife of Martin W. Childs, died November 2, 1860.
Dyer S. Smith married Orianna Ladd of Deerfield, 1874; Edward Guy, son of Dyer S. Smith, born April 1, 1875.
SANBORN FAMILY.
The first lineal ancestor of the Sanborn family, of whom we have any certain knowledge, was John Sanborn, who married a daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachilor, as the name was spelled ; was born about 1600; had three sons, John, Stephen, and William ; died in England, leaving the widow and her three sons to the care of her father, Mr. Bachilor,
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