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i. GEORGE KENISTON, b. Sanbornton, Jan. 12, 1837. m. August 30, 1864, Esther Jane Kendall, b. Bedford, Oct. 22, 1843, dau. of Ephraim and Mary (McClary) Kendall. She d. Oct. 25, 1867. He enlisted Oct. 8, 1862, Co. B, 15th N. II. Infantry, received an injury to the knee joint in front of Port Hudson; mustered out at expiration of term of service, August 13, 1863. He was in clothing business in Lowell a few years, returning to Ply- mouth, 1871. On account of the permanent injury received in the service he submitted, 1871, to amputation of the left leg above the knee. Ile d. Jan. 5, 1872.
ii. ALMIRA J., b. Campton, June 3, 1842. d. March 21, 1850.
iii. CHARLES ADAMS, b. Campton, Nov. 10, 1844. Dartmouth College, 1872, a lawyer of Plymouth and after 1886 of Boston, Mass. He has occupied many positions of honor and trust. (See sketch in Vol. I.) He m. Dec. 10, 1878, Martha Emma Calley, dau. of Chase W. Calley (see). She d. leaving one son, March 27, 1883. He m. second, in Boston, Sept. 6, 1888, Eudora Belle White, b. New Gloucester, Me., July 20, 1861, dau. of Samuel and Jenny (Bailey) White. (1) George Calley, b. Plymouth, Jan. 10, 1881.
JEWETT.
1. MAXIMILIAN JEWETT, emigrant ancestor of the most numerous family of Jewett, son of Edward and Mary (Taylor) Jewett, of Brad- ford, England, came to New England and settled in Rowley, Mass., 1639. He was a deacon of the church in Rowley and a representa- tive many years. His wife Ann, the mother of all his children, d. 1667. He m. second, August 30, 1671, Ellen (Pell) Boynton, widow of John Boynton. He d. Oct. 19, 1684.
2. JOSEPH JEWETT, son of Dea. Maximilian, b. about 1655. m. March 2, 1676/7 Rebecca Law, b. June 1, 1655, dau. of William Law, of Rowley. She d. Dec. 26, 1729. He m. second, widow Mary Gage, of Bradford. He lived in Rowley, where he d. Oct. 29, 1729.
3. AQUILLA JEWETT, son of Joseph 2, b. Rowley, Sept. 14, 1684. m. Oct. 23, 1704, Ann Tenney, b. August 26, 1683, dau. of Thomas
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and Margaret (Hidden) Tenney, of Rowley. She d. March 6, 1722/3. He m. second, March 10, 1723/4, Martha Pearson, b. July 6, 1689, dau. of Stephen and Mary (French) Pearson, of Rowley. She d. Oct. 26, 1752. He m. third, May 22, 1753, Mary (Jackson) Hovey, dau. of Caleb Jackson. She d. Nov. 27, 1761. He d. Nov. 24 or 26, 1760. Thirteen children.
4. STEPHEN JEWETT, son of Aquilla 3 and Martha (Pearson) Jew- ett, b. Rowley, Dec. 28, 1727. He was dismissed from the church in Rowley, Mass., to the church in Hollis, Nov. 26, 1749. He was a selectman, a deacon, and a delegate to the county congress or confer- ence held at Amherst, 1774, 1775. He m. 1752, Hannah (Farwell) Cummings, widow of Jarahmael Cummings (see). He was less than ten years older than the eldest of his five stepchildren, and of this marriage, three sons, all soldiers in the Revolution, and two daughters were born. Dea. Stephen Jewett d. in Hollis, May 23, 1803.
5. JONATHAN JEWETT, son of Dea. Stephen Jewett, and a half- brother of Capt. Jotham Cummings, b. Hollis, July 25, 1760. He is credited at Hollis with two enlistments in the Revolution, serving in the Ticonderoga alarm, 1777, and in the Rhode Island campaign, 1778. He m. in Plymouth, Sept. 6, 1784, Sarah Stearns, dau. of Samuel Stearns (see). He was taxed in Plymouth, 1781-1785. He subsequently lived in Bridgewater, where he d. 1833. Children were :
i. SARAH.
ii. HANNAH. m. Nov. 10, 1814, Levi Gordon, of New Hampton.
iii. EUNICE. m. Thomas Nutting (see).
iv. LoIs. m. John March (see).
6. JACOB JEWETT, a kinsman of Dea. Stephen Jewett, m. in Dun- stable, Nov. 27, 1766, Elizabeth Cummings. He lived in Hollis, a soldier in the Revolution, a selectman 1773, 1775, 1776. He d. Nov. 2, 1813. She d. at the home of her son Ralph, in Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 13, 1831.
7. REV. DAVID JEWETT, son of Jacob 6, b. Hollis, July 16, 1773. Dartmouth College, 1801. Ordained and installed over Fifth Parish, Gloucester, now Rockport, Mass., Oct. 30, 1805. After a successful pastorate he resigned, 1836. He d. at the home of his dau. in Wal- tham, Mass., July 16, 1841. He m. Rebecca Reed, b. 1784, dau. of Benjamin Tyler and Mary (Appleton) Reed. She d. April 16, 1859.
8. REV. WILLIAM REED JEWETT, son of Rev. David 7, b. Rockport, Mass., Sept. 12, 1811, Amherst College, 1821, Andover Theological VOL. II. - 24
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Seminary, 1834. He was installed over Congregational church, Gris- wold, Conn., Jan. 8, 1837; dismissed 1843; installed Plymouth, June 25, 1845 ; dismissed July 10, 1862; installed Penacook, 1863 ; dis- missed 1874. In addition to these fields of labor he preached as stated supply in Braintree, Mass., 1835-1836, Lisbon, Conn., 1843- 1844. He m. Sept. 24, 1838, Hannah Ann Coit Lester, b. 1820, dau. of Joseph Lester, of Griswold, Conn. He d. in Andover, Mass., 1882. Mrs. Jewett d. in 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett made a pleasant home for two sons of Henry and Sarah (Lester) Tucker, children of a sister of Mrs. Jewett.
i. WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER, b. July 13, 1839. (See Tucker Register.)
ii. EDWARD TUCKER, b. August 29, 1846. He was legally adopted and received the name of Edward Jewett. He d. Feb. 23, 1863. His headstone bears an impressive tribute, " He never cost us a tear till we lost him."
JEWETT.
1. REV. MILO PARKER JEWETT, son of Dr. Calvin and Sally (Parker) Jewett, b. St. Johnsbury, April 27, 1808. (The generations are Milo P.7, Calvin 6, Daniel 5, Benjamin 4, Benjamin 3, Nehemiah 2, Joseph 1. Joseph 1 was a brother of Maximilian 1.) He graduated Dartmouth College, 1828, Principal Holmes Plymouth Academy, one year, 1828-1829 ; Andover Theological Seminary, 1833; LL. D. Uni- versity of Rochester, 1861. He was professor of rhetoric and politi- cal economy, Marietta College, 1833-1838. He founded and was principal of Judson Female Academy, Marion, Ala., 1839-1855. In 1855 he founded a seminary for young ladies at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., which attracted the favorable attention of Matthew Vassar, who liber- ally endowed the institution, and Mr. Jewett became the first presi- dent of Vassar College. He resigned 1864. He was subsequently employed in literary work and made extended tours through Europe and Asia. He is well remembered in Plymouth. He d. at Milwaukee, Wis., June 9, 1882. He m. Sept. 12, 1838, Jane Augusta Russell, dau. of Moor Russell (see). She d. April 25, 1899. No children.
JOHNSON.
1. CAPT. EDWARD JOHNSON, from Canterbury, England, came to America in Winthrop's fleet, 1630; freeman, May 18, 1631. He re- turned to England and with his family sailed again for America, 1637. He was one of the founders of Woburn and the town clerk
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until 1671. He was a selectman, captain, and deputy to the general court many years. In Woburn he was foremost, and in the affairs of the colony he was frequently employed on important commissions. In 1652, during the union of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, he and Major Simon Willard were commissioners to establish the north- ern boundary of the colony. The initials E. I. at the upper left hand of Endicott Rock at the Weirs are the attest of Edward Johnson. In the world of letters, as the author of "The Wonder Working Provi- dences of Sion's Savior in New England," he was an American pio- neer. He d. April 23, 1672. His wife Sarah d. March 7, 1690. In his will his wife and seven children are named.
2. MAJOR WILLIAM JOHNSON, son of Capt. Edward1, b. England, 1630. Succeeded his honored father as town clerk ; selectman eigh- teen years ; representative eight years, and assistant or councillor, 1684-1686. He m. May 16, 1655, Esther Wiswall, dau. of Elder Thomas Wiswall, of Newton. He d. May 22, 1704. She d. Dec. 27, 1707. His dau. Esther m. Seth Wyman, and became the mother of Seth Wyman the lieutenant in Capt. John Lovewell's company. His son Benjamin was the father of Josialı Johnson, who was wounded, and his son Edward was the father of Ichabod Johnson, who was slain in the fight May 8, 1725.
3. WILLIAM JOHNSON, son of Major William 2, b. Woburn, Feb. 26, 1656, was a shipwright in Charlestown until about 1700, when he returned to Woburn. He m. Esther Gardner, b. Oct. 15, 1659, dau. of Richard and Anna (Blanchard) Gardner. She d. Dec. 17, 1706.
4. NOAH JOHNSON, son of William 3, b. Charlestown or Woburn, Feb. 2, 1699. Settled in Dunstable, now Nashua, about 1720. He was a sergeant in the renowned company of Capt. John Lovewell, and was severely wounded in the fight at Pigwacket, and through life he suffered from a debility of the hands and arms. In answer to his petition the General Court of Massachusetts granted him twenty-one pounds and seventeen shillings, in consideration of his loss and suffer- ing ; in June, 1726, he was allowed thirteen pounds and fifteen shil- lings for expenses and medical attendance. In Dec., 1726, he received ten pounds, and in 1737 he was granted a pension of fifteen pounds.
The colony of Massachusetts, then claiming jurisdiction over a part of New Hampshire, in 1728 granted a township, first known as Suncook and now Pembroke, to the soldiers in the Lovewell expedition and to the heirs of those deceased. Being one of the grantees Noah
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Johnson removed from Dunstable to Suncook about 1735. He was a prominent proprietor and active in forwarding the settlement. He was the clerk of the proprietors, one of the committee to arrange for the settlement of Rev. Aaron Whittemore, a member several years of the "committee to manage the affairs of the plantation." He was a deacon of the church, and while he remained in Suncook he was the most prominent man in the conduct of affairs. He returned to Dun- stable, 1746. In the registry of deeds there are found many convey- ances in which he appears as grantor and grantee. In a deed dated 1745 he is styled " of Suncook," and in deeds dated 1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1753, 1755, 1761, 1762, 1767, 1773, 1777, and 1781 he is styled " of Dunstable." So far as tax lists are found he was taxed continu- ously in Dunstable until after 1781. It is probable that he removed to Plymouth soon after this date. Owning no land and in age exempt from a poll tax he was not taxed in this town. The closing years of the life of this venerable man were passed in the families of Col. Joseph Senter and his son Edward Senter. He d. August 13, 1798, aged 99 years, 6 months, 11 days.
In the diary of Lieut. Samuel Thompson, edited by Mr. William R. Cutter, and published 1896, appears a clipping from a newspaper. The name of the paper is not known.
"Dea. Noah Johnson, the last of the soldiers in Lovewell's fight, died at Plymouth, N. H., in August, 1798. Among his stories of that famous fight, the old man used to tell, that near the close while he was in the act of aim- ing his gun at an Indian, a bullet whistling from the woods, entered the back of his left hand, and going through it, entered the palm of his right. passed up his arm to near the elbow and there lodged. His gun dropped to the ground and he was entirely disabled, but did not feel or perceive the wound in his left hand. It was a bright, hot day, and almost fainting with the heat and thirst, he stooped to drink at a rivulet. The wound in his right hand and arm, which pained him keenly, prevented his bowing to the surface of the water to drink; he attempted to dip some up in the hollow of his left hand, when he discovered the bullet hole in it by the water trickling through it. The probability of the truth of the latter part of the story may be estimated by those acquainted with gunshot wounds. Dea. Johnson was a very respectable old man and often narrated the facts. He died at the age of 99. Within two years of his death his sight, which for some years had been almost entirely gone, was suddenly restored to such a degree that he could see to read without spectacles and even by moonlight as he proved to his neighbors and visitors by frequent experi- ments. He was born at Woburn, Mass., in March, 1699."
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In the "Columbian Centinel," Boston, Oct. 24, 1798, is found :
"DIED. At Plymouth, N. H., Dea. Noah Johnson, Æt 104. He was engaged in the famous battle of Lovell at the place now called Fryburg ; and had three or four years been the last survivor who engaged in that memorable transaction."
In this notice the age is too literally computed, and in Fox's " Dun- stable " it is erroneously stated that Dea. Johnson died in Pembroke. The name of the wife of Dea. Noah Johnson was Elizabeth, as proved by Dunstable town records and by a deed of Noah Johnson to William Robertson, dated Jan. 6, 1749. I have not found a record of marriage or a record of her death. Three children b. in Dunstable.
i. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 3, 1728. m. Col. Joseph Senter (see).
ii. NOAH, b. May 27, 1730, was a lieutenant and later a captain in Rogers rangers, serving in that perilous service five years. In an engagement with the enemy near Lake Champlain in the early summer of 1760, he "was wounded through the body, a second shot through his left arm, and a third in his head." A vessel was despatched to Crown Point but he died on the passage. His es- tate was probated in 1761, and in the final settlement it was stated that his sister Elizabeth and his father were the only heirs. It has been stated erroneously that Noah Johnson, the father, was an officer in the French War.
iii. EDWARD, b. June 6, 1733, was deceased before 1761. He was a soldier in Massachusetts regiments, credited to Dunstable in the campaigns of 1755, 1756, and 1757. Fox's " Dunstable " says he was killed in the service.
JOHNSON.
1. MOSES JOHNSON, son of Moses and Anna (Morse) Johnson, b. Hudson, Dec. 17, 1769. m. June 6, 1793, Polly Elliot, b. August 2, 1773, dau. of Rev. William and Dorothy (Merrill) Elliot, of Mason, and granddau. of Rev. Nathaniel Merrill, of Hudson. He settled in Bridgewater, where he d. August 5, 1860. His widow d. in Ply- mouth, May 26, 1866. Their dau. Eliza m. Kimball Whitney (see).
2. MERRILL JOHNSON, son of Moses1, b. May 23, 1805. m. 1828, Hannah Holmes, dau. of Melvin and Hannah (Wade) Holmes. He lived in Goffstown, where he d. Dec. 1, 1835. She d. Dec. 11, 1835.
3. MELVIN H. JOHNSON, son of Merrill2, b. Jan. 14, 1833. m. August 7, 1856, Maria Elliot, b. Rumney, Jan. 23, 1836, dau. of Daniel Elliot. He res. in Holderness.
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4. PERLEY M. JOHNSON, son of Melvin H.3, b. Bridgewater, Sept. 30, 1857. m. August 5, 1876, Mary Ann Bayley, dau. of Timothy Eastman Bayley (see). He is a blacksmith, res. in Holderness.
5. HARRY PERLEY JOHNSON, son of Perley M., b. Dec. 7, 1877, is a merchant of Plymouth. m. 1904, Grace L. Pillsbury, State Normal School, 1899.
JOHNSON.
1. BENJAMIN JOHNSON, b. 1774. m. in Plymouth, March 17, 1805, Mary Emerson, dau. of Judge Samuel Emerson (see). In the record of marriage, he is called " of Haverhill, Mass." Soon after his mar- riage he settled in Campton, where his wife d. 1817. He m. second, Mehitable Blake, b. 1791, of Ellsworth. He d. 1835. She d. 1825. The children of Benjamin and Mary (Emerson) Johnson were :
i. SAMUEL E., b. Sept. 29, 1808. m. Dec. 25, 1833, Eliza Straw, dau. of Dudley Straw (see). Lived in Campton, where he d. Jan. 21, 1883. She d. Feb. 24, 1894. Five children : (1) Ira, b. May 16, 1835. (2) George, b. June 16, 1837. (3) Orrin W., b. June 28, 1839. (4) Sarah, b. April 1, 1844. m. Elbridge G. Blodgett (see). (5) Frank, b. Feb. 18, 1851. m. Sept. 18, 1901, Emily (Dearborn) Marvin, dau. of Washington Dearborn (see).
ii. HANNAH S., b. 1806. m. David Hobart (see). m. second, Moses Clark. She d. 1887.
2. iii. ISAAC TOMKINS, b. Jan. 20, 1812.
2. ISAAC TOMKINS JOHNSON, son of Benjamin 1, b. Campton, Jan. 20, 1812. m. Dec. 29, 1836, Sarah Lovejoy Gould, dau. of William Gould (see). He was a farmer and a worthy citizen of Campton, until 1891, when he removed to Plymouth, where he d. Dec. 23, 1893 ; his aged widow res. with her daughter.
i. CALISTA JANE, b. Campton, Dec. 19, 1837. m. Jason Clark (see).
JONES.
1. JOSEPH DOW JONES, son of Jacob, b. Pittsfield, Feb. 2, 1802. m. Mary Greene, b. Pittsfield, Jan. 14, 1807, dau. of Jonathan Greene. They lived most of the years in Concord until 1855, when they removed to Plymouth and lived on Pike Hill eight years and returned to Concord, where she d. July 7, 1880. He d. Feb. 6, 1894. Of their ten children Abner C. lived in Plymouth four years while his parents were residents of the town, and Annie Mehitable, b. June 2, 1839, m. Samuel Wesley George (see).
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JONES.
1. DAVID D. JONES, son of Joseph, was a native of Lincoln, Vt., and now res. in Sanbornton. He m. Martha M. Conley.
2. EUGENE DAVID JONES, son of David D.1, b. Lincoln, Vt., April 2, 1870. m. July 19, 1893, Grace Perkins, dau. of Jacob F. and Eliza A. (Tuttle) Perkins, of Meredith. He removed from Franklin to Plymouth, 1899. He is a lumber dealer.
i. IDA FRANCES, b. Oct. 2, 1899.
JONES.
1. JOHN ADAMS JONES, a native of Canaan, lived in Wisconsin and later in Manchester and in Canaan.
2. ALPHONSO FOLSOM JONES, son of John Adams 1, b. Monroe, Wis., July 3, 1852, is a farmer and dealer in cattle. He removed from Ashland to Plymouth, 1892. Res. South Main Street. He m. August 20, 1873, Maria George Currier, dau. of William Currier (see).
i. HERBERT ELMER, b. Sept. 16, 1874. m. Annie E. Coffey, dau. of Edward and Hannah (Corcoran) Coffey (see). He is associated in business with his father. (1) Harold Jerome, b. Feb. 23, 1900. (2) Alphonse Theodore, b. Dec. 17, 1902.
ii. DELLA SOPHIA, b. March 14, 1879. m. Arthur E. Dearborn (see).
KEEBLE.
1. JAMES KEEBLE, b. Hereford, P. Q., 1834. m. in Plymouth, May 2, 1866, Amanda M. Caldon, dau. of Thomas Caldon (see). He is a teamster and has lived in Plymouth since 1866. He was high- way surveyor two years. Mrs. Keeble d. in Plymouth after a severe illness, April 23, 1904. Two children.
i. ALICE, b. Nov. 16, 1868. Plymouth High School, 1886. m. Oct. 4, 1886, John W. Buckley. Res. Woodsville.
ii. EDNA, b. June 24, 1870. m. Jan. 17, 1895, Frank HI. Merrick. Res. Concord.
KELLEY.
1. JOHN KELLEY, from Newbury, England, settled in Newbury, Mass., about 1635, where he d. Dec. 18, 1644. Coffin and also Hoyt name a dau. Sarah and a son John, but do not give a record of mar- riage or the name of his wife.
2. JOHN KELLEY, son of John1, b. Newbury, July 2, 1642. m. May 20, 1663, Sarah Knight, b. March 23, 1648, dau. of Dea.
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Richard and Agnes (Coffley) Knight, of Newbury. m. second, March 15, 1716, Lydia Ames, of Bradford. He removed to West Newbury, and d. March 21, 1718. Eleven children.
3. JOHN KELLEY, son of John 2, b. Newbury, June 17, 1668. m. Nov. 16, 1696, Elizabeth Emery, b. Feb. 3, 1679/80, dau. of John and Mary (Webster) Emery, of Newbury. He lived in West Newbury, where he d. Nov. 29, 1735. His will is on file. Eleven children.
4. DANIEL KELLEY, son of John 3, b. May 9, 1716. m. Oct. 30, 1734, Mercy Smith. He removed to West Amesbury. d. Feb. 18, 1782.
5. MICAJAH KELLEY, son of Daniel 4, b. May 15, 1761. He was early in Gilmanton and enlisted from that town, 1779, to serve six months in Col. Hercules Mooney's regiment in Rhode Island. He m. Nov. 11, 1784, Mary Page Gilman, and d. in Gilmanton, Dec. 9, 1844.
6. JOHN KELLEY, son of Micajah 5, b. Gilmanton, Dec. 1, 1791. m. 1815, Lydia Ham. He was a schoolmaster many years. He d. Gilmanton, July 15, 1851.
7. CYRUS KINGSBURY KELLEY, son of John 6, b. Gilmanton, June 23, 1820. Vermont Medical College, 1844. Practised, Oxford, Me., 1845-1849 ; Tilton, 1849-1858; Plymouth, 1858-1870; Cambridge, Mass., 1870-1876 ; Milford, 1876; and returning to Plymouth soon after, he remained in active practice until his death. (For sketch, see Vol. I.) He m. Mary Moore Wight, b. Jan. 6, 1826, dau. of Seth and Lydia (Mason) Wight, of Bethel, Me. He d. June 2, 1898. She d. March 8, 1886.
i. EVERARD HOWE, b. Sept. 2, 1846. m. Dec. 11, 1869, Grace L. Jordan, b. April 29, 1850, dau. of Andrew Jordan, of Lawrence, Mass. He was a druggist in Lawrence, Mass., where he d. Jan. 6, 1882. (1) Bertha Jordan, b. Oct. 17, 1871. d. June 9, 1875. (2) Mollie Gertrude, b. Oct. 21, 1874. m. - Shroeder.
ii. SETH WIGHT, b. June 26, 1818. Kimball Union Academy, 1865, Dartmouth College, 1869, Harvard Medical College, 1874. Prin- cipal academy Haverhill, and academy Monson, Mass., 1869-1870. He has successfully practised medicine in Cambridge and Woburn, Mass., since 1874. m. July 26, 1882, Emma Amanda Putnam, b. Newark, N. J., Sept. 6, 1852, dau. of William R. Putnam. She d. Woburn, Mass., March 16, 1887. m. second, June 7, 1898, Clara Louise Nichols, b. Everett, Mass., Jan. 12, 1873, dau. of Benjamin H. Nichols. (1) Christine Putnam, b. June 17, 1885.
iii. MARY E., b. March 21, 1859. d. Dec. 29, 1867.
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KELLEY.
1. ELBRIDGE GERRY KELLEY, son of Wyseman and Elizabeth (Hadley) Kelley, b. Oct. 13, 1814. m. Jan. 27, 1839, Mary Ann Osgood, dau. of Kendall Osgood (see). He lived in Rumney, remov- ing to Plymouth, 1871, returning to Rumney, 1883. He d. Sept. 21, 1891. His wife d. in Plymouth, August 7, 1876. Two children, b. Rumney.
i. CHARLES D., b. Sept. 19, 1840. m. July 4, 1864, Annie C. Keniston, dau. of Jacob (see), of Rumney. Res. Rumney.
ii. WILLIAM A., b. Feb. 20, 1850, lived in Plymouth, until 1880. Res. Omaha, Neb.
KELLEY.
1. JOSEPH KELLEY, b. about 1788, came to Plymouth from New- bury, Vt., 1816, and removed to Rumney, 1817, returning to Plymouth, 1826. He d. in Plymouth, 1840. He m. Susan Crawford, dau. of William and Susannah (Melvin) Crawford (see). She d. Jan. 16, 1840. Four children.
i. MAHALA. m. 1832, Nathaniel Hull (see).
ii. LOVINA. m. April 16, 1840, Richard Merrill (see).
iii. WILLIAM C. m. Ruth Ann Merrill. Res. Alexandria.
iv. JOSEPH DEARBORN, b. May 28, 1826, was a carriage maker of the firm of Lovejoy & Kelley, of Bristol. He m. Dec. 17, 1855, Sarah E. Tilton, b. April 8, 1835, dau. of Jacob Tilton, of New Hamp- ton. She d. August 29, 1859. He m. second, Dec. 17, 1862, Laurana Keniston, widow of Nathaniel Keniston. She d. Jan. 21, 1888. He d. at Odd Fellows' Home, Concord, Nov. 2, 1892. Two children : (1) Charles R., b. April 1, 1858. (2) Sarah S., b. Sept. 8, 1859. d. Oct., 1859.
KEMP.
1. JOHN KEMP, son of Zerubbabel and Hannah (Colburn) Kemp, of Hollis, grandson of Zerubbabel and Mary Kemp, of Groton, Mass., was b. in Hollis, May 26, 1761. He probably came to Plymouth as early as 1777. He served in Capt. John Willoughby's company, 1777, and in Capt. William Tarlton's company, 1778. There are reasons for an inference that he enlisted from Plymouth. He m. in Plymouth, Oct. 3, 1782, Hannah Chellis, and was taxed in Plymouth until 1799. Six children b. in Plymouth.
i. BETTY, b. April 13, 1785.
ii. JOHN, b. Dec. 20, 1786.
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iii. AsA, b. August 22, 1788.
iv. SALLY, b. May 29, 1790.
v. PARKER, b. August 25, 1792.
vi. SUSANNAHI, b. Oct. 1, 1794.
KENDALL.
1. FRANCIS KENDALL, emigrant ancestor, b. England. Was in Charlestown, Mass., 1640, and soon after settled in Woburn, where he m. Dec. 24, 1644, Mary Tidd, dau. of John Tidd. Nine children b. in Woburn.
2. JACOB KENDALL, son of Francis 1, b. Jan. 25, 1660/61. m. Jan. 2, 1683/4, Persis Heywood. She d. Oct. 19, 1694. He m. second, Jan. 10, 1694/5, Alice Temple.
3. EBENEZER KENDALL, son of Jacob2, b. April 5, 1710. m. Hannah Hasey, dau. of Asa and Mary (Walton) Hasey. He was of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and a lieutenant in the Indian wars.
4. EBENEZER KENDALL, son of Ebenezer 3, b. Oct. 5, 1736. m. Feb. 23, 1762, Martha Walton, b. Nov. 16, 1735, dau. of Capt. John and Martha (Burnap) Walton, of Reading. He removed to Hollis, where he lived several years. He d. in Hebron or Hollis, Nov. 2, 1802. He was taxed as a non-resident in Plymouth, 1779 to 1791, and his dignity is measured by the Plymouth worthies in recording his name " Capt. Ebenezer Kendall, Esq."
5. HASEY KENDALL, son of Capt. Ebenezer 4, b. Hollis, June 2, 1772. m. Elsie Morey and settled in Hebron, where he d. May 4, 1825. She d. May 3, 1834.
6. JESSE F. KENDALL, son of Hasey,5 b. Feb. 15, 1809. m. Jan. 11, 1832, Louisa F. Fellows. He lived in Campton, where he d. Oct. 1, 1877. She d. May 11, 1888.
7. ALBURN HART KENDALL, son of Jesse F.6, b. March 4, 1833. m. Nov. 28, 1861, Elizabeth Nichols Sawyer, b. Woodstock, July 28, 1840, dau. of Walter H. and Sarah Ann (Fifield) Sawyer. He is station agent at West Thornton.
8. JOSEPH MOREY KENDALL, son of Alburn H.7, b. Thornton, Jan. 21, 1868. m. Jan. 26, 1897, Ada M., dau. of Warren W. Wilkinson (see). He removed to Plymouth, 1898, and was a machinist and dealer in bicycle supplies and agent for typewriters. He removed from town 1904.
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KENISTON.
KENISTON.
1. WILLIAM KENISTON, b. about 1730, was the ancestor of the Keniston families of Plymouth, Campton, Andover, and Sanbornton. Living in Newmarket about 1760 were William, Thomas, John, Valentine, Cyrus, and Jonathan Keniston. The traditions of New- market affirm that they were brothers and sons of a gentleman who was a scholar of note in his time. The records of Newmarket are burned and dates cannot be supplied.
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