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2. JAMES WHITON, son of James1, b. Hingham, Mass., July 15, 1651, resided near the paternal homestead. His will is dated Oct. 15, 1724. He d. Feb. 20, 1724/5. His wife, Abigail, d. May 4, 1740. Ten children.
3. JOSEPH WHITON, son of James, b. March 23, 1686/7. m. Dec. 10, 1713, Martha Tower, b. July 20, 1693, dau. of Samuel and Silence (Damon) Tower. He was a constable of Hingham, 1713, and
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about 1720 removed to Rehoboth, Mass., and later to Ashford, Conn. He d. 1777. Seven children.
4. ELIJAH WHITON, son of Joseph 3, b. Hingham, Mass., July 7, 1714, was a cooper of Ashford, Conn. He m. Priscilla Russ, who d. leaving nine children, about 1755. He m. second, Hannah Crocker.
5. DR. ISRAEL WHITON, son of Elijah 4, b. Ashford, Conn., Sept. 3, 1754, studied medicine with Dr. Huntington of Westford, Conn. He was a surgeon's mate in the army a part of two years, and in the spring of 1777, entered upon the practice of his profession in Win- chendon, Mass. He won an extended practice and attended many patients in the surrounding towns. He was a prominent citizen, a representative, and a deacon. He m. Nov. 2, 1784, Dorothy Crosby, b. August 26, 1760, dau. of Samuel and Azubah (Howe) Crosby, of Win- chendon, Mass. He d. 1819. She d. in Antrim, Oct. 7, 1826. His son, Rev. Otis Crosby Whiton, Dartmouth College, 1815, was pastor at Westmoreland, Troy, and Harrisville.
6. REV. JOHN MILTON WHITON, son of Dr. Israel 5, b. Winchendon, Mass., August 1, 1785, Yale College, 1805, D.D., Princeton College, ordained at Antrim, Sept. 28, 1808, author of a sketch of Antrim, Collection IV, New Hampshire Historical Society, several printed sermons, and Whiton's History of New Hampshire, published 1834. He m. Oct. 18, 1808, Abby Morris, b. August 2, 1783, dau. of James Morris, of Litchfield, Conn. He d. Sept. 27, 1856. Mrs. Whiton d. April 10, 1865. For an appreciative and courtly sketch of an able and learned man, and ardent and devoted pastor, see Rev. W. R. Cochrane's History of Antrim. Six children.
7. JAMES MORRIS WHITON, son of Rev. John M. Whiton 6, D.D., b. Antrim, Nov. 9, 1809, was a respected and successful merchant of Boston, Mass. In 1853 he was appointed superintendent of the Boston, Concord, & Montreal railroad. His residence was across the river in Holderness, but the office was in Plymouth and he was regarded as a Plymouth citizen. He was a gentleman of courteous manner and marked ability. He m. May 16, 1832, Mary Elizabeth Knowlton, b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 26, 1809, dau. of Ebenezer and Margaret (Bass) Knowlton, and grand-dau. of Moses Belcher and Margaret (Sprague) Bass. He d. March 22, 1857. His venerable widow, having a home with her youngest son, was living in Plainfield, New Jersey, 1902. Six children.
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i. JAMES MORRIS, b. April 11, 1833. Yale College, 1853; Ph.D., 1861 ; instructor. Author of school text-books and pastor ten years at Lynn, Mass., and subsequently pastor at Newark, N. J. He m. May 1, 1855, Mary E. Bartlett.
ii. MARY E. m. 1855, Charles F. Washburn, b. Oct. 23, 1827; son of Charles Washburn, of Worcester, Mass.
iii. CHARLOTTE. m. Rev. Walcott Calkins, D.D.
iv. MIRIAM B. m. Hon. Henry B. Opdyke, of New York.
V. JOHN M.
vi. GRACE RICHARDS, b. Nov. 10, 1853. m. Sept. 21, 1875, Rev. Washington Choate, b. Jan. 17, 1846 ; son of David and Elizabeth (Wade) Choate, of Essex, Mass .; grad. Amherst College, 1871, pastor Franklin St. Church, Manchester, 1875-1876, and subse- quently pastor Presbyterian Church, Irvington, N. Y.
WHITTEMORE.
1. THOMAS WHITTEMORE, son of Thomas, b. Hitchin, county of Hertford, England, 1594. m. April 14, 1623, Sarah Deardes, who d. Nov., 1628; he m. second, Hannah -- , who was b. 1612. He came to New England about 1650, and lived in the part of Charles- town, now Malden, where he d. May 25, 1661. His widow, Hannah, m. second, Benjamin Butterfield, of Chelmsford, Mass. Twelve children.
2. JOHN WHITTEMORE, son of Thomas 1, b. Hitchin, Eng., Feb. 1, 1638/9. m. about 1661 Mary Upham, dau. of Dea. John Upham, of Malden ; she d. June 27, 1677. He m. second, Nov. 8, 1677, Mary Miller, dau. of Rev. John and Lydia Miller. He was a wheelwright, and lived in Charlestown until late in life, when he leased a farm of Lieut .- Gov. Danforth, and removed to the part of Cambridge now Arlington, where he d. Dec. 8, 1694, survived by thirteen children.
3. BENJAMIN WHITTEMORE, son of John 2, b. Sept. 1, 1669. m. August 17, 1692, Esther Brooks, b. July 4, 1668, dau. of Joshua Brooks, of Concord, Mass. Removed to Concord, Mass., and was a representative and selectman. He d. Sept. 8, 1734. She d. Jan. 11, 1742.
4. REV. AARON WHITTEMORE, son of Benjamin 3 and Esther (Brooks) Whittemore, b. Concord, Mass., Dec. 13, 1711. Harvard, 1734; ordained, Pembroke, 1738. He remained an able and faithful minister at Pembroke many years. He m. Feb. 2, 1743, Abigail Coffin, b. Newbury, Mass., Nov. 18, 1718. He d. Nov. 15, 1767. She d. May 12, 1803.
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5. PETER WHITTEMORE, son of Rev. Aaron 4, b. Pembroke, April 2, 1758. m. Feb. 25, 1783, Elizabeth Baker, b. Feb. 19, 1763, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Hannah (Lovewell) Baker, and grand-dau. of Capt. John Lovewell, the hero of Pequaket. He removed to Salisbury, 1783. He was a farmer and an intelligent, respected citizen. He d. Dec. 16, 1836. His wife d. Sept. 4, 1826.
6. CALEB WHITTEMORE, son of Peter 5, b. Salisbury, Dec. 12, 1783. m. May 19, 1809, Dorcas Taylor, dau. of John Taylor; he m. second, Oct. 29, 1837, Phebe Chase, who d. Oct. 6, 1859. He removed to Bridgewater, where he d. Sept. 10, 1863.
7. PETER WHITTEMORE, son of Caleb, b. Bridgewater, May 28, 1815. m. Nov. 23, 1848, Elizabeth Jane Hammond, b. Jan. 15, 1821, dau. of Nathan and Mary (Noyes) Hammond, of Dunbarton and Bridgewater. She d. Sept. 2, 1859; he m. second, March 19, 1863, Elizabeth K. Woodworth, b. April 2, 1839. He was a farmer in Bridgewater, re- moving, 1863, to Plymouth, and living on the Fifield place, West Plymouth. He d. March 10, 1880. She d. Sept. 29, 1880.
i. ICHABOD BARTLETT, b. Dec. 6, 1850. m. Oct. - , 1874, Sarah F. Homans, dau. of James W. Homans (see). He has been engaged in mercantile pursuits. Res. in Lowell, Mass., until 1891, and subsequently in Haverhill, Mass. Five children. (1) Elizabeth Ann, b. Feb. 25, 1876. m. April 7, 1897, Percy Gordon Hook. (2) Bertha Frances, b. Nov. 15, 1877. m. Walter H. Jaques. (3) Peter Bartlett, b. July 11, 1881. (4) Herbert Homans, b. March 4, 1884. (5) Amy Hammond, b. March 24, 1886.
ii. HENRY HARRIS, b. March 18, 1852. m. Feb. 21, 1884, Alma Harri- man, dau. of William Harriman (see). He is a farmer on the paternal homestead in Plymouth. Selectman, 1899-1901. Two children. (1) Carl William, b. Jan. 10, 1885. Plymouth High School, 1903. (2) Raymond Lee, b. June 15, 1891.
iii. ALBERT TAYLOR, b. Oct. 19, 1853. m. Dec. 1, 1880, Sylvia C. Phil- brick, dau. of Harrison Philbrick (see). Res. Concord. Clerk with Thompson & Hoague, hardware. (1) Edith Hammond, b. Dec. 8, 1883. d. May 26, 1894.
iv. JOSEPH HAMMOND, b. July 31, 1855. d. March 27, 1882.
V. CHARLES PETER, b. May 12, 1857. d. Jan. 16, 1862.
vi. AMY FLORENCE, b. Nov. 12, 1863. m. June 1, 1891, Henry P. Wood- worth. (1) Pauline, b. April 8, 1893. (2) Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1894. (3) Brooks, b. Nov. 24, 1895. (4) Rachel, b. Nov. 28, 1896. (5) George Hovey, b. Dec. 7, 1897. (6) Catherine, b. June 19, 1899.
vii. LUCIA ELIZABETH, b. Plymouth, Nov. 25, 1868. m. Oct. 16, 1895, Leverett Newcomb Freeman, manager Safe Deposit Vaults, First
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Natl. Bank, Concord. Two children. (1) Edward Alden, b. Au- gust 10, 1896. (2) Richard Woodworth, b. May 28, 1898.
viii. LUTHER LEE, b. Plymouth, July 8, 1874. m. Carrie Washburn. (1) Albert W.
ix. GEORGE WOODWORTH, b. June, 1865. d. Sept. 7, 1867.
WHITTEN.
1. JOHN WHITTEN, b. July 13, 1775, was a resident of Cornish in 1799, and others of the name are found in Cornish records. It is tradition that he was b. in Greenland. He m. 1799, Betsey Hall, b. Croydon, Sept. 10, 1778, dau. of Rev. Samuel Read Hall, and a sister of Rev. Samuel Read Hall, D.D., once principal of Plymouth Academy. (see Hall register). He lived after marriage in Rochester, Vt., where he d. July 16, 1845. His wife d. Jan. 20, 1830.
2. JOHN LANGDON WIIITTEN, b. Rochester, Vt., July 11, 1823, was a glove manufacturer and a res. of Plymouth, 1844-1851. Subse- quently he res. in Johnson, Essex, and Burlington, Vt., where he d. August 16, 1876. He m. Dec. 17, 1849, Sabrina Cochrane Holmes, b. Johnson, Vt., April 10, 1828, dau. of Robert and Nancy (Gilmore) Holmes. She d. Dec. 30, 1865; he m. second, March 24, 1866, Susan (Church) Flanders.
i. Sov, b. Plymouth, Sept. 6, 1850. d. Sept. 20, 1850.
ii. DAUGHTER, b. Plymouth, Sept. 6, 1850 (twin). d. Sept. 6, 1850.
3. iii. JOHN HERMON, b. Plymouth, Nov. 8, 1851.
iv. CHARLES HENRY, b. Johnson, Vt., Sept. 8, 1853. d. Oct. 8, 1858.
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MARY SABRINA, b. Johnson, Vt., April 17, 1856. d. Jan. 19, 1859.
vi. CHARLES WILLIE, b. ESSEX, Vt., March 4, 1859. d. Nov. 21, 1865.
vii. EMMA ELIZA, b. Essex, Vt., Sept. 12, 1863.
3. JOHN HERMON WHITTEN, son of John L.2, b. Plymouth, Nov. S, 1851. m. June 12, 1876, Abbie Caroline Whiting, b. Johnson, Vt., July 27, 1856, dau. of Calvin and Caroline Matilda (Dodge) Whiting. He came to Plymouth in 1878, and was here engaged in the manu- facture of gloves. He d. April 20, 1885. Mrs. Whitten now res. in Burlington, Vt.
i. EMMA SABRINA, b. Burlington, Vt., April 25, 1877. d. August 27, 1895.
ii. MABEL CAROLINE, b. Plymouth, Jan. 2, 1879. Grad. State Normal School, Johnson, Vt., 1898. Teacher, Bellows Falls, Vt.
iii. ALICE GERTRUDE, b. Plymouth, Jan. 12, 1883. Burlington, Vt., High School, 1901. A teacher in Johnson, Vt.
iv. ARTHUR HERMON, b. Plymouth, Jan. 30, 1884. d. August 18, 1884.
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WHITTIER.
1. JONATHAN WHITTIER, son of Mark and Elizabeth (Sanborn) Whittier, b. Newton, Feb. 7, 1792. m. Charlotte Peabody Abbot, b. Andover, Mass., April 3, 1802. She d. in Hooksett, July 24, 1850; he m. second, May 5, 1851, Rhoda (Whittier) Jones, widow of John Jones, of Hopkinton. He removed to Plymouth, 1854, and lived at the famous Under-Cliff cottage, and there d. Sept. 14, 1868. Two children.
i. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Andover, Mass., Sept. 9, 1831. m. in Bos- ton, Mass., Sept. 17, 1863, William HI. Brown, b. Lubec, Me., 1839, son of Thomas F., and Maria J. Brown. She d. Provi- dence, R. I., Nov. 4, 1876. He d. 1877. Their two children d. young.
ii. CHARLES MARK, b. Hooksett, Nov. 30, 1835.
2. CHARLES MARK WHITTIER, son of Jonathan 1, b. Nov. 30, 1835. Leaving his home in Plymouth in his youth, he was eight years a clerk in the office of the Worcester & Nashua Railroad at Worcester, and after a brief service in the ticket office of the same corporation at Nashua, he returned to Plymouth, 1862, where he was chief clerk and cashier of the Boston, Concord, & Montreal Railroad. He was efficient and faithful, and esteemed by all who knew him. Continu- ous application impaired his health, and he sought rest for weeks at the sea shore and the mountains, but he found no relief from the depression of his tired energies and overworked mind. He m. in Plymouth, June 25, 1864, Ada Augusta Merrill, dau. of Anson Mer- rill (see). She d. in Manchester, Dec. 29, 1876 ; he m. second, Nov. 6, 1879, Julia Russell Long, b. 1850, dau. of Prof. Clement Long, D.D., LL.D., professor of Intellectual Philosophy and Political Economy, Dartmouth College. Her mother was Rhoda Ensign (Rockwell) Long. He d. Littleton, Sept. 13, 1881. Two children.
i. CHARLOTTE MAUDE, b. Oct. 29, 1865. m. in Boston, Mass., Feb. 3, 1886, Willard N. Foss, b. Beech, Ohio, 1864, son of Samuel C., and Martha A. Foss.
ii. FLORA MAHALA, b. Jan. 6, 1868. d. April 15, 1868.
WILKINSON.
1. BENNING WILKINSON, then of Epping, was a soldier in Col. Mooney's regiment, expedition to Rhode Island, 1779. After the war he lived in Allenstown.
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2. BRADBURY WILKINSON, son of Benning 1, b. Allenstown, April 19, 1793. m. in New Hampton, Jan. 23, 1820, Hannah Huckins, b. Jan. 22, 1796, dau. of James Huckins. He d. in Campton, Nov. 22, 1851. He was a soldier in War of 1812.
3. i. WARREN WARD, b. Gilford, Jan. 1, 1823.
4. ii. JOHN HUCKINS, b. Gilford, Dec. 18, 1824.
iii. MARY D. m. Ephraim A. Chandler, and lived in Wheelock, Vt. Their son, Aaron Bradbury Chandler (see).
5. iv. CHARLES II., b. April 5, 1830. v. GEORGE H.
3. WARREN WARD WILKINSON, son of Bradbury 2, b. Gilford, Jan. 1, 1823. m. April 8, 1847, Mary Moulton Moses, b. Sept. 22, 1826, dau. of John and Nancy (Adams) Moses, of Campton. He removed to Plymouth, 1865, and for many years conducted the vegetable farm of the Pemigewasset House, and later has cultivated a farm of his own west of the town cemetery. He was chosen collector of taxes, 1873, and held the office twenty-two successive years, collecting and paying to the town treasurer, without loss, over a quarter of a million dollars. Mrs. Wilkinson d. in Plymouth, Oct. 31, 1904. Five children.
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i. NANCY ELLA, b. Campton, August 4, 1850. m. Jonathan Foss Emerson (see).
ii. EDSON EUGENE, b. 1855. d. 1865.
iii. LYDIA MAY, b. April 21, 1857. m. Sept. 17, 1879, Charles Henry Woodward, b. 1852, son of John and Sarah E. (Bunker) Wood- ward, of Wilmot, now of Rumney.
iv. JOHN BRADBURY, b. Nov. 4, 1862. Is a dealer in furnaces, Boston, Mass. He m. Dec. 10, 1884, Katharine Isabel Burrows, dau. of Harrison Gray Otis Burrows (see). Five children. (1) George Warren, b. April 12, 1888. (2) Philip Edmund, b. July 21, 1890. (3) Edna May, b. Dec. 26, 1891. (4) Robert Edward, b. Dec. 30, 1895. (5) Mildred Blanche, b. July 15, 1903.
V. ADA MAHALA, b. July 31, 1867. m. Joseph M. Kendall (see).
4. JOHN HUCKINS WILKINSON, son of Bradbury ?, b. Dec. 18, 1824. He was in California 1849-1851, and lived in Plymouth, employed by B. C. & M. R.R., after 1854. He m. Nancy Robie, dau. of Samuel Robie (see). She d. July 13, 1862. He m. second, April 15, 1863, Mary Charlotte Smith, b. Holderness, May 14, 1834, dau. of Daniel M. and Hannah (Abbot) Smith. He d. Dec. 31, 1870.
i. JENNIE F., b. Plymouth, June 8, 1864. Grad. Laconia High School, 1884. m. Sept. 16, 1891, Ira Elliot Fifield, son of Enoch and Ann (Elliot) Fifield, of Canaan. He is clerk in a Laconia bank. (1) Ella May, b. Oct. 31, 1892. (2) Charlotte Hilma, b. August 9, 1900.
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5. CHARLES H. WILKINSON, son of Bradbury 2, b. April 5, 1830. m. Hortense Brown. She d. in Campton. m. second, Sept. 3, 1857, Martha E. Calley. He. m. third, Hannah Powers, of Hebron. He came to Plymouth, 1857. A farmer near Rowe's Corner. He d. May 6, 1897. She d. August 13, 1897. . Two of his three children d. in infancy.
i. JAMES BRADBURY, b. May 23, 1870. Plymouth High School, 1887. m. June 27, 1894, Mary Jane Roberts, dau. of William L. and Harriet (Heald) Roberts. He lived in Plymouth until 1896, when he removed to Franklin and later to Antrim. (1) Rose Lillian, b. March 14, 1895. (2) Charles Roberts, b. Sept. 14, 1896. (3) Marion Louise, b. Feb. 3, 1899.
WILLEY.
1. STEPHEN WILLEY, a representative of the family of Willey living from an early date in Dover and vicinity, was b. in Alton, May 20, 1797. He lived a few years in Barnstead, removing to Ellsworth. He m. 1814, Betsey Avery, dau. of Francis Avery (see). He d. 1868. Mrs. Willey d. in Plymouth, Nov. 12, 1884. They had eleven or twelve children, of whom three have been connected with Plymouth families.
i. LUCINDA, b. Feb. 13, 1823. m. Caleb Avery. m. second, John P. H. Dearborn (see).
2. ii. ELKINS, b. Feb. 5, 1835.
iii. MARY ROGERS, b. Sept. 19, 1839. m. Jasper E. Avery (see).
2. ELKINS WILLEY, son of Stephen 1, b. Feb .. 5, 1835. m. August 9, 1860, Ruth Ann Webster, b. Compton, P. Q., July 23, 1838, dau. of Benjamin Webster. He lived in Rumney, Groton, Campton, and in Plymouth. He d. in Plymouth Oct. 10, 1895. His widow res. on Langdon Street.
i. CORA MATILDA, b. Rumney, June 20, 1862. m. Charles W. Harvey (see).
ii. SARAH ABIGAIL, b. Groton, August 13, 1865. d. Oct. 28, 1866.
WILLIS.
1. SAMUEL WILLIS, b. about 1780. m. Hannah Hoyt, of Canaan. He was a farmer living in Hanover, Canaan, and Parisville, N. Y., where he d. about 1860.
2. CYRUS WILLIS, the youngest of the six children of Samuel 1, b. Hanover, 1816. m. Jan. 21, 1851, Sarah Gotham Ranlet, b. Lancas-
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ter, July 27, 1831, dau. of Levi Frank and Ann Maria (Gotham) Ranlet. He was a stage driver from Plymouth to Bristol several years. He removed to Littleton, 1849, driving to Wells River and to Profile House. He was Deputy Sheriff, 1858. He d. Jan. 3, 1860. She m. second, Collins M. Buchanan (see).
3. FREEMAN CYRUS WILLIS, only son of Cyrus 2, b. Littleton, Sept. 20, 1853. m. May 1, 1873, Lizzie Rogers Chase, b. 1855, dau. of Frank and Saralı (Avery) Chase, of Campton. She d. May 7, 1887. He has been in the hotel business in Woodstock, and at the Weirs, and now res. Plymouth. Five children.
i. LYMAN CYRUS, b. Plymouth, Dec. 14, 1876. Paymaster Portland Cement Co. Res. Virginia.
ii. FRANK BUCHANAN, b. Plymouth, May 11, 1878. Res. Boston, Mass. Ile served three years in U. S. Army.
iii. HARRIET ELISE, b. Campton, Dec. 4, 1881. A professional nurse.
iv. ALLAN SHELDON, b. Campton, Nov. 8, 1883. U. S. Army.
v. SAMUEL SANFORD, b. Laconia, Jan. 24, 1887. d. April 17, 1895.
WILLOUGHBY.
1. JOHN WILLOUGIIBY was a resident of Billerica, Mass., from 1735 to 1745. It is suggested by Rev. Henry A. Hazen that probably he was a son of John Willoughby, b. Dec. 11, 1688, who was a son of Nehemiah, b. June 18, 1644, a son of Deputy-Gov. Francis. This is possible but it remains to be proven. John Willoughby m. in Billerica, March 27, 1735, Anna Chamberlain, b. April 3, 1712, dau. of John and Margaret (Gould) Chamberlain, of Billerica. In 1745 he removed to Hollis, and two years later he established his home on the west side of Pine Hill. He m. second, June 28, 1774, Elizabeth Sprague, b. Billerica, June 20, 1727, dau. of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Burge) Sprague. This name was often written Sprake, and is thus written in the Hollis record of the marriage. He d. in Hollis, Feb. 2, 1793. Twelve children ; six b. Billerica, and six b. Hollis. He was a grantee of Plymouth and one of the exploring party who, before the charter, visited Plymouth, 1762. His dau. Rebecca m. Thomas Nevins (see).
2. JOHN WILLOUGHBY, son of John 1, b. Billerica, Mass., Dec. 24, 1735, was ten years of age when the family removed to Hollis. He served three enlistments in the French and Indian War, in Capt. Peter Powers's company, Col. Joseph Blanchard's regiment, from April 24 to Nov. 25, 1755; in Capt. Amos Gage's company, Maj. Thomas
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Tash's battalion, from July 21 to Nov. 2, 1757; in Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell's company, Col. John Hart's regiment, from April 27 to Oct. 26, 1758. He m. in Hollis, May 28, 1758, Azubah Wheeler. The date of the marriage falls within the term of service in Col. Hart's regiment. It is of easy explanation, since Col. Hart's regiment, on account of a deficiency of money in the provincial treasury, was de- tained within New Hampshire until June, 1758. He was one of the grantees of Plymouth and one of the exploring party who came here, 1762. In 1764, with the first families to arrive, he came to Plymouth, removing his family the following year. During the Revolution he was captain of the Plymouth company of Col. Hobart's regiment, and twice in 1777 he led his company into service. (See Vol. I.) In town affairs he was a good citizen, and to the church he was faithful and loyal, and a deacon sixty-eight years. His wife, Azubah, d. Oct., 1815. He d. June 22, 1834. Three children b. Hollis, and nine b. Plymouth.
3. i. JOHN, b. June 8, 1760.
ii. JOSIAH, b. Feb. 9, 1762. Enlisted March 12, 1777, for the war, and "assigned to Capt. Benjamin Stone's company, of Col. Scammell's Continental regiment. Ile d. in the service the same year. The town records give Oct., 1777, as the date of the death, and war rolls report him dead, Dec. 21, and again, Dec. 25, 1777.
iii. AZUBAH, b. Oct. 17, 1763. m. Dec. 6, 1781, Thomas Hodge.
4. iv. EBENEZER, b. Dec. 2, 1765.
v. MARY, b. Sept. 7, 1767.
5. vi. ABNER, b. June 14, 1769.
vii. ELIZABETH, b. April 26, 1771.
viii. ANNA, b. Feb. 5, 1773. m. Feb. 8, 1792, Moses Mulliken.
6. ix. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 6, 1774.
X. SYBEL, b. August 27, 1776. m. Dec. 22, 1796, Samuel Lucas, of Rumney.
xi. JOSIAH, b. Dec. 23, 1778. m. Nov. 28, 1799, Betsey Henman.
xii. EUNICE, b. May 8, 1781. m. July 2, 1801, John Morse, son of Daniel Morse (see).
3. JOHN WILLOUGHBY, son of Dea. John2, b. June 8, 1760. m. June 29, 1779, Abigail Davis. He was a soldier in the Revolution, serving from July 21, 1777, to Sept. 26, 1777, in Gen. Stark's brigade, and was at the battle of Bennington. Either he or his father served nearly three months, 1776, in Capt. Jeremiah Eames's company on the northern frontiers. He enlisted into the Continental service. He removed to Holderness, 1804.
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i. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 26, 1779. m. 1797, Isaac Fifield.
ii. PHEBE, b. April 2, 1782. m. Richard Whiteman (see).
iii. JOHN, b. June 16, 1784.
iv. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 19, 1786.
v. ISAAC, b. Feb. 19, 1789.
vi. AZURA, b. Sept. 19, 1791.
vii. POLLY, b. April 21, 1794.
viii. LUTHER, b. Sept. 4, 1796.
4. EBENEZER WILLOUGHBY, son of John 2, b. Dec. 2, 1765. He was the first child of Dea. John Willoughby, b. in Plymouth. He m., 1787, Mehitable Mulliken. He was taxed in this town until 1796. The record of one child has been secured.
7. i. EBENEZER, b. 1791.
5. ABNER WILLOUGHBY, son of Dea. John 2, b. June 14, 1769. m. in Plymouth, Oct. 5, 1797, Jane Stevens. He lived in Plymouth until 1807, when he removed to Concord, and there lived twenty years, when he returned to Plymouth and erected a new house on the Willoughby homestead. He removed, 1840, to Holderness, and there d. Jan., 1843. His widow d. Dec., 1858.
i. PHINEAS, b. 1798.
ii. SOPHRONIA, b. 1802. unm. d. Jan. 29, 1876.
iii. EUNICE, b. 1804. unm. d. Boston, Mass., 1833.
iv. MARY ELLEN, b. May 31, 1806. m. Nov. 7, 1828, Joseph Merrill Lowd (see).
8. v. JOHN MILTON, b. Dec., 1810.
6. WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, son of Dea. John 2, b. Nov. 6, 1774. m. July 25, 1793, Jane Kendall. Lived in Plymouth until 1803. Removed to Groton.
i. GEORGE SPROLE KENDALL, b. Plymouth, June 9, 1799. m. in Plymouth, Dec. 25, 1820, Almira Keyes, dau. of Ephraim Keyes (see). He was a farmer and lumberman of Rumney, where he d. May 14, 1874. His wife d. April 20, 1837. The youngest of five children, (1) Edna Almira, b. April 15, 1834, m. Alfred Downing (see).
7. EBENEZER WILLOUGHBY, son of Ebenezer 4, b. 1791, lived in Groton. He m. Hannah Webber, b. 1794, dau. of Benjamin and Mercy (Bailey) .Webber, and grand-dau. of William Webber of Rumney. Seven children.
i. DAVID WEBBER, d. young.
ii. SARAH, b. 1818.
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iii. GEORGE SULLIVAN, b. 1820.
iv. GORDON BAILEY, b. 1823.
v. HENRIETTA STONE, b. 1825.
vi. AUGUSTUS JACKSON, b. 1829.
vii. MARTHA, d. young.
8. JOHN MILTON WILLOUGHBY, son of Abner5, b. Dec., 1810. He was a contractor and bridge builder, and lived in Lawrence, and in Woburn, Mass. He m. March 28, 1844, Harriet Foster, b. Wil- mington, Mass., May 6, 1810, dau. of Dea. Benjamin, and Hepsibah (Beard) Foster. He d. Jan. 22, 1848. She d. August 6, 1865.
i. JOHN MILTON, b. Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 11, 1846. m. Pauline Frances Phelps. m. second, in Woburn, Mass., August 28, 1872, Lucy M. Gleason, b. Woburn, March 13, 1853, dau. of Albert and Abigail M. (Pratt) Gleason. He is a machinist, res. Woburn. (1) John Albert, b. Oct. 19, 1873. (2) Benjamin Foster, b. July 3, 1876. (3) Edith Maud, b. Dec. 8, 1888.
9. JONAS WILLOUGHBY, son of John 2, and brother of Dea. John 3, b. Billerica, Mass., March 31, 1737, lived in Hollis. He m. July 10, 1760, Hannah Bates.
10. JONAS WILLOUGHBY, son of Jonas 9, b. Hollis, May 10, 1761. m. May 24, 1785, Prudence Saunders. He lived in Hollis until 1796, when he removed to Groton. In 1800 he removed from Groton to Plymouth.
i. PRUDENCE, b. Hollis, Oct. 29, 1787.
11. ii. JONAS, b. Hollis, March 15, 1790.
iii. HANNAH, b. Hollis, May 7, 1792.
iv. ANNA, b. Hollis, March 22, 1795. d. young.
v. AMY, b. Groton. m. Phineas L. Emerson (see).
vi. SARAH, b. Groton.
12. vii. WILLIAM, b. Plymouth, Nov. 26, 1801.
11. JONAS WILLOUGHBY, son of Jonas 10, b. Hollis, March 15, 1790. m. in Woburn, Mass., April 24, 1815, Hepsibah Gardner, dau. of Henry and Martha (Cutter) Gardner, of Charlestown, Mass. He lived in Holderness, and, after 1847, in Plymouth. He d. March 8, 1860. She d. June 27, 1875.
i. CAROLINE,
ii. SoN. d. young.
iii. ELIZA. m. - Mann.
iv. MARTHA. m. Oct. 24, 1848, Henry Blaisdell.
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12. WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, son of Jonas 10, b. Nov. 26, 1801. m. August 18, 1822, Maria Emerson, dau. of Jonathan Emerson (see). She d. Sept. 9, 1834. He m. second, March 2, 1835, Sarah Rogers, dau. of Stephen and Polly (Brown) Rogers (see). He was a farmer in Plymouth until 1850, when he removed to Thetford, Vt., where he d. Nov. 22, 1869. She d. July 22, 1869.
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