History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 121

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1714


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John C. Clark, enl. Oct. 12, 1864 ; date of discharge unknown. John D. Brandt, enl. Oct. 17, 1864; date of discharge unknown. John Brown, enl. Oct. 7, 1864; date of discharge unknown. William Ramsey, enl. Oct. 1, 1864 ; date of discharge unknown. P. M. Caventor, enl. Oct. 11, 1862; date of discharge unknown. James P. Whitefield, cul. Aug. 12, 1864; date of discharge unknown. Daniel McEllery, ent. Aug. 10, 1864; dato of discharge unknown. William Murphy, eul. Ang. 2, 1864 ; date of discharge unknown.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


JOHIN MITCHELL WEARE.


John Mitchell Weare was born in Seabrook, N. I., May 6, 1819, son of Joseph Hubard Weare and Betsy Mitchell, and the eighth generation from Nathaniel Weare and Sarah, who settled in Newbury, Mass., as early as 1659, where his name is of frequent occur- renee on the town records. Their children were Na- thaniel, who was born in England, Hester, Robert, Daniel, and Peter, who were born in Newbury. He afterwards removed to Nantucket, in which he was interested as a purchaser, where he died March 1, 1680.


Nathaniel (2d), born about 1631, married Elizabeth Swayne, of Hampton, Dee. 3, 1656. She died Feb. 10, 1712. By her he had seven children,-Elizabeth and Peter, who were born in Newbury, where he first settled ; Mary, Sarah, Nathaniel, Hannah, and Abi- gail, who were born in Hampton, now Seabrook, to which he had removed in 1662. He became one of the most noted and influential men in the province. He went twice to England with remonstrances of his fellow-townsmen and all those in the province who were opposed to Cranfield and Mason, and acted as their agent to prosecute the appeals against Mason's judgments before the king in eouneil. Besides holding minor offices he was councilor of the government of the province of New Hampshire twenty-one years, was chief justice of the Superior Court in 1694-95, was justice of quorum until his retirement in 1715. He died May 13, 1718.


Nathaniel Weare (3d), born Aug. 29, 1669, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth, was a man of note, judge of Superior Court, and held numerous other offices of trust, was a man of wealth, and owned slaves. He married first Hulda Hussey, Nov. 1, 1692. She died May 2, 1701. His children by her were Daniel, Peter, John, Hannah, and Huldah. He married second Mary Wait, Aug. 24, 1703. His children by her were Nathan, Mary, Marey, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mesheck, Abigail, and Mehitible. Ile died March 26, 1755.


John Weare, son of Nathaniel (3d) and Huldah Hussey, was born Nov. 12, 1696. He married De- borah Taylor, Dec. 6, 1720. Their children were Jo- seph, Taylor, Susannah, Jonathan, Huldah, Jemima, and Deborah.


Jonathan Weare, son of John Weare and Deborah Taylor, was born 1724. Ile married Sarah Lane, Jan.


1, 1747. She died June 8, 1789. Their children were Hannah, Abigail, Peter, Jonathan, and John.


He was a man of influence, very active in business, polities, and religion, was deacon of the church, was very active in getting Seabrook set off from HIamp- ton Falls, was selectman in 1776, at the time of the Test Aet, and subscribed to the same, was quite a land speculator and grantee of some of the new townships, was farmer and miller. He died Nov. 6, 1790, leav- ing a widow, whose maiden name was the Mary French, by whom he had no children.


John Weare, son of Jonathan and Sarah Lane, was born 1775. Married Thankful Hubbard, Dec. 14, 1780. Their children were Joseph 1lubhard, Sarah Lane, and John. Was a farmer and miller, having inherited the mill which his father bought of Mesheck Weare, which formerly belonged to his grandfather, Judge Nathaniel Weare. He died Jan. 10, 1800, and his wife, Thankful Hubbard, died Dec. 2, 1798.


Joseph Hubbard Weare, son of John Weare and Thankful Hubbard, was born Dec. 6, 1781, died Nov. 12, 1822. Married Betsy Mitchell, Oct. 23, 1804. She was the daughter of Bela Mitehell, a sea-captain, who was lost at sea about 1784, and granddaughter of William Swett, who enlisted into Capt. William Os- good's company and Col. Prebel's regiment to go to Canada to fight the French and Indians. May 2, 1755, is the way he inserts it in his diary which he kept on that expedition, noting down something every day from the time he enlisted until his return, when he was occupied in ship-building and school-teaching and land surveying. She was born March 23, 1784, and died May 18, 1831. Their children were Joseph Hubbard, Mary Ann, Elizabeth Brown, Sarah Lane, John Mitchell, and Benjamin Swett.


After the death of Joseph Hubbard Weare, his wife Betsey married Jonathan Smith, and on the breaking up of the family the subject of this sketch was put out to service, being scarcely ten years of age. At seven- teen he was apprenticed to blacksmithing and ear- riage-building. Having served the time agreed upon he commenced business for himself at South Hamp- ton, March, 1835, before he was twenty-one years of age. He married Mary Morrill Gove, daughter of David Gove, of Seabrook, Nov. 27, 1836, and grand- daughter of Winthrop Gove, who was empowered to call the first meeting of the Presbyterians of the new parish of Seabrook, and is the seventh genera- tion from John Gove from England, who settled in Cambridge, Mass., and died there 1682, and the sixth from Edward Gove, who settled at Hampton, 1655.


Soon after marriage he purchased a place in Chi- chester, N. H., to which he removed in 1836. In 1838 sold out and moved to Concord, where he was overseer in the smith-shop at the State prison under Warden Pillsbury ; resigned his position there in 1840, and moved to Seabrook. In 1844 bought land and built buildings near where he was born. Since then has been prominent in agriculture ; was one of the movers


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in organizing the Rockingham Agricultural Society in 1851, and one of the trustees ; president in 1867- G8, and at one time breeder of blooded stock. Finding that good stock must have good care to make it a suc- cess, he found it too confining and sold out. His speci- alties are eggs and apples, of which he produces more than any other one in town. He was appointed member of State Board of Agriculture by Governor Cheney in 1875. Was at one time engaged in military affairs ; has held most of the offices from private to colonel in the State militia. In politics was always a Democrat of the old school, and has been somewhat prominent as a poli- tician, having been member of the county and State committees ; was elected county road commissioner in I851; was elected member of the State Senate in I853-54; was appointed superintendent for the erec- tion of the Portsmouth custom-house by Secretary Guthrie, March 3, 1857; was appointed May 7, 1800, by United States Marshal Stephen W. Dear- born, as assistant marshal to take the census of the towns of Seabrook, Kensington, South Hampton, and Newton. In 1867 Seabrook was not represented in - the Legislature. At the request of the county com- missioners a Jegal town-meeting was held July 27, 1867, at which he was elected delegate to a convention of the representatives to be held at Exeter; was chosen by the convention as committee to examine into the condition of the county paupers and the expense of supporting them, and report to the next session of the convention at Concord in June follow- ing.


Theconvention after considering the report voted to adopt the farm system. During the great Rebellion was active in adopting measures to suppress the same ; was town agent to fill the town's quota.


Dec. 22, 1863, on the recommendation of Governor Gilmore, Provost-Marshal Edward W. Hinks ap- pointed him as special recruiting agent.


Besides filling various other town offices, was elected representative to the General Court, 1875 and 1876. Has held the office of justice of the peace since 1853, and justice of the quorum since 1868 to the State. Has done a large amount of probate business. Appointed by the judge of probate, guar- dian for a large number of children, but never had any of his own.


EDWARD L. GOVE.


Edward L. Gove is a lineal descendant of the original Edward Gove, whose history appears else- where in this volume. Stephen Gove, grandfather of Edward L., was born April 25, 1754 ; he married Aug. 20, 1777, JEuldah Bassett, daughter of Daniel Bassett, of Lynn, Mass. They had six children,-Patience, Lydia, Judith, Anna, Stephen, and Edward. Mrs. Gove died Dec. 24, 1797, and Stephen married for his second wife Miriam Jones. To this union there were no children. He died Ang. 26, 1821. Edward


Gove was born September 15, 1792, was reared on farm, and on Aug. 29, 1817, married Elizabeth Mor- rell, who was born May 20, 1797. There were two children born to them,-Stephen M., born Sept. 5, 1821, and Edward L., born March 18, 1826. Both Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gove were prominent speakers or ministers in the Society of Friends. They traveled extensively, were widely known, and universally re- >pected and beloved. Their house was always a home for the weary wayfarer. Their hospitality was ex- tended to all alike, and they lost no opportunity of doing good whenever the occasion presented itself. They were ministers in their church for the long period of nearly fifty years. He died Sept. 3, 1877, Mrs. Gove having passed away four years previously, April 29, 1873.


Stephen M married Lydia MI. Locke, February 2, 1843. Their children are Henry M., Melvin L., Horace N., and Otis M. Both Stephen and wife are dead. Ile was a Republican in politics, and held various town offices and positions of trust. Edward L. Gove, whose portrait appears in this work, was sent at about eight years of age to the "New England Yearly Meeting Boarding-school"' at Providence, R. I., where he spent in all about three years. Upon the death of his father he inherited a part of the farm upon which he had been reared, and which has been in the family five generations. Ile now owns the entire homestead since the death of his brother. Ile was industrious and frugal and saved some money, which he invested in hat manufacturing, which proved very remunerative, particularly so during the war. Mr. Gove is noted for his persistent energy and devo- tion to business, and while he is frugal and prudent yet he is always liberal towards a worthy enterprise or object, and appreciates money only for the good uses to which it may be applied. He is a Republican in politics, but has never sought office further than the town office of selectman, which position he has held. He has been twice married ; his first wife was Mary D., daughter of Thomas W. Thorndyke, of Weare. They were married Dec. 11, 1851. They had two children,-Lucy T. ( who married George C. Herbert, of Lynn, Mass.) and William H. Mrs. Gove died Sept. 27, 1865. April 6, 1867, he married Anna Max- field. They have two children-Mary A. and Charles E. The family of which Mr. Gove is the representa- tive have always been noted as an honest, industrious, modest, God-loving, and God-fearing people, and for generations have been birthright members of the Society of Friends.


JOSHUA JANVRIN.


The original Janvrin ancestor came to Portsmouth from Jersey Isles. John Janvrin, grandfather of Joshua, was born in Jersey Isles, and came when a boy with his father to Portsmouth. He lived to be eighty-three years of age; he died 1837. Joshua N.,


Edward & Save


Joshua Janisin


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the immediate ancestor of the subject of this sketch, I tile. Agriculture is the principal occupation of the inhabitants.


lad six children,-Susan (deceased), Joshua, Matilda (deceased), John, Mary J. (deceased), and Sally. He was lost at sea in 1817, aged forty-one.


Joshua Janvrin, son of Joshua N. Janvrin and Mary French, was born in Seabrook, N. II., No- vember 11, 1802. He was raised on farm in very humble circumstances, poor facilities being afforded him to secure an education. At the age of two years he removed with his father to Newburyport, where he resided ten years. At the age of about twenty he went to live with Mr. Dudley Locke, and learned tan- ning and shoemaking. After about two years' appren- ticeship he started business in a small way for himself, tanning and manufacturing boots and shoes, making a specialty of fishermen's boots, which he disposed of in the Portsmouth market. Mr. Janvrin used to work frequently until twelve or one o'clock at night, and by this assiduous and persistent industry has managed to seenre a handsome competency. In politics he is a Republican, has been selectman of his town three sessions, and has been justice of the peace more than twenty years. In 1850 and 1851 was member of the Legislature, and served on various committees. He has been guardian for several children, and has been chosen to settle several estates. Ile is a stockholder in several railroads and in a savings-bank.


An uncle of Mr. Janvrin sailed from Newburyport for Spain in command of the schooner "Syren" during the wars of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon captured and confiscated the vessel and appropriated the cargo, which was dried fish, to the use of his army. There were about forty men aboard the schooner, and they were given the ship "Margaret" to return in to America. During the homeward voyage the vessel was wrecked. The majority of the crew escaped in the long boat and reached the shore safely. A few others embarked in a skiff, and after innumerable dangers and untold suffering three of that number eventually reached land ; but John Janvrin, the com- mander of the vessel, generously allowed the boats- offering the only chance of escape from certain death- to be filled by others, and he and a few more heroic souls perished with the wreck of the ship " Margaret."


CHAPTER LXXVI. SOUTH HAMPTON.


Geographical-Topographical-Incorporation of the Town-The Char- fer-Documentary History-l'etition of Sundry Inhabitants to be Set Off-Memorial of Inhabitants of South Hampton-Other Petitions- Signers to the Association Test-Representatives from 1775 to 1883- Military Record.


SOUTH HAMPTON lies in the southwestern part of the county, and is bounded as follows: on the north by East Kingston and Kensington; on the east by Seabrook ; on the south by Massachusetts; and on the west by Newton.


The surface of the town is rolling and the soil fer-


Incorporation of the Town .- Prior to 1741 the boundary line of New Hampshire and Massachusetts was what is called the Shapley line, the present north- ern boundary of South Hampton being the State line, hence the town was wholly a part of Amesbury and Salisbury, extending from the Atlantic on the east to the town of Kingston on the northwest ; thence south two and a quarter miles to the Mitchel line, so called, embracing the present town of South Hampton, nearly two-thirds of the area of Seabrook, and the easterly portion of the town of Newton. The town was chartered May 2, 1742, by Benning Wentworth, Governor of the Province of New Hampshire in the reign of George II. The first meeting was authorized to be warned and called by Joseph Jewell, John Flan- ders, and Henry Currier on June 7, 1742.


The following is a copy of the charter :


Province of New Hampshire, George the Second, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France & Ireland, Defender of the Faith.


To all to whom these Presents shall come,


L. S. Greeting-


Know yee, That we at the Humble Suit and Petition of Sundry of our Leidg Subjects Inhab- iting a Tract of Land within our Province of New hampshire in New England as hereinafter described, Butted & Bounded, Bordering on the Northern bound- ary Curve Line of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, to be incorporated into a Distinct Parrish, have for divers good causes & considerations us moving, Granted & confirm'd to the said Inhabitants & their successors. And by these Presents of our Special Grace, certain knowledge & meer Motion for the well ordering & Regulating the affairs of the said Parrish Do Grant & confirm unto the Said Inhabitants & their Successors to be a Town or Parrish Incorporate by the name of South-Hampton within the bounds following, viz Begining at the Atlantick Sea or Ocean on the East, at the distance of three miles North of the mouth of the River Merrimack, & from thence to run Northerly to the bounds of that part of the Town of Hampton called Hampton Falls, & thence Westerly pursuing the Bounds of the Said Parrish of Ilampton Falls to the Parrishes of Kensinton & Kingstown as has been reputed to have been heretofore agreed upon between the said Towns & Salsbury & Amsbury & Kingstown, till it meets a White Pine Stump in a Line comonly called Shapleys line, & from P. White Pine Stump due South two miles & one Quarter of a mile till it meets a Stake in Mitchells Line that Stands in a ho !- low or vale, at the North end of a Road & on the Easterly Side of the Said Road that leads from Ams- bury across the Childrens Land (so called) Said Stake Stands three miles & a half South Seventy Seven de- grees & half West from the Southwest corner of the New Meeting House in Said Parrish, Including all the inhabitants & their Estates from the Said three


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Miles North of the River Merrimac begining at the Atlantie Sea or Western Ocean on the East, & running Northerly from Mitchels Line (as determined by his Majtie in Council) to the bounds of Hampton Falls Parrish & then Westerly on the Bounds of Kensington & Kingston aforesaid until it meets with the Said White Pine Stump in Shapleys line So called, & from Said Stump due South two miles and one Quarter of a mile to the Stake aforesaid in Said Mitchels Line neare the Childrens land (Excepting the Lands Estates & Poles of Jacob French, Jolin True, Jona- than Hoit, Joseph Tucker, Joseph Page, Samuel Eaton, Ephraim Eaton, Richard Smith, Joseph Todd, Thomas Selly, David Fowler, Tristam Collins, Samuel Fowler, Samuel Watson, Jeremiah Wheeler, Benjamin Hoit, James Jackman, Elihu Dow, John Eaton, Noah Dow, Benjamin Collins, Bildad Dow, Judah Dow, Benony Selly, Samuel Selly, John Eaton, Jr., . who are hereby annexed to the Parrish of Hampton Falls & in all Respects incorporated into the Parrish of Hampton Falls, for their well ordering & being Regulated for Parrish affairs, ) To have and To hold all the Priveledges & Imunities of a Town Corporate & to be ruled & Governed in all Respects for the Said Town affairs, by the laws of the Province of New- hampshire as other Towns are. The first Town Meet- ing Shall be called by Joseph Jewell, John Flanders, & Henry Currier, the Seventh day of June, Next by Notification in Writing by them Signed & affixed to the Meeting House Dore Seven day's at least before the holding of Such Meeting & afterwards the Town Meetings Shall be called at Such times as the affairs of Said Town may Require in Such Manner as the Laws of the Province of Newhampshire hath pre- scribed for Towns. And We do further by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors, Grant, Estab- lish and Ordaine, That yearly once in a Year & for- ever hereafter namely the first Monday in March Yearely there shall be held and kept by the Free- holders and Inhabitants of Said Town a Town Meet- ing at their Publick Meeting Place in Said Town, & there by a Majority of the Freeholders & Inhabitants presents Legally Qualified to Vote, to make Choice of all Town Officers for the Ensuing Years, and to transaet any other affairs of the Town as other Towns & Parishes, according to the Laws of the Said Pro- vince do . . . . In Testimony whereof we have caused the Public Seale of our Said Province to be hereunto affixed .- Witness Benning Wentworth Esq., Gover- nour and Commander in Chief in and over our Said Province of Newhampshire the twenty-fifth day of May in the fifteenth yeare of our Reign, Annoqr Dom, 1742.


B. WENTWORTH.


Province of November 24th, 1742.


New Hampse


By his Excelencys Comand With the advice of the Council


THEODORE ATKINSON Secy


The following interesting documentary history, being petitions, etc., is taken from the State records. In addition to the general interest contained therein, these furnish us with names of various of the early inhabitants :


Petition of sundry inhabitants to be set off, d.c.


To his Excelly Bening Wentworth Esq" Capte Gen" and Govern in Chief in and over his Majesties Province of New Hampshire in N. Eogland and to the Honble his Majesties Council and Representatives in Gen1 Court assembled Septembr 14th 1742.


The Petition of Sumiry of ye Inhabitants of the Est part of SalisImry which by the runing the new Line fall into the Province of New Hamp- shire and (as we are infornied) are included in the late charter granted for ye Township of South Hampton, Humbly Sheweth :- That we the subscribers being comprehended in the aforesd Charter and by renson thereof exposed to greater hardships and unreasonable difficulties as to all Parish and Town affairs, being six miles or more distant from their Meeting house, we cannot with our families attend ye publick worship there, neither can we have ye privilege of voteing in their publick affan's respecting Town or Parish, for if their meetingsare warned in the usual Method we shall have no knowledge of them, or if by chance we hear of any of them, such is the distance that we can't attend them; and therefore it will be very prejudicial to us to stand in such relation to them with whom we can neither do our duty nor enjoy our just Rights and Privileges ;- We therefore pray that (as the rest of our Neighbours) we may be set off as to our persons & Estates from the said town of South Hampton and annexed to Hampton Falls there to do duty and injuy ye priviledges of Townsmen, so shall yr Petitionne ever pray, &c.


Jolın Collins Sam1 Collins


Samuel Smith


David Nurten


Jonathan Walton Joseph Norten Jacob Smith Eliphaz Dow


Province of New Hampr In Council September the 16th, 1742.


The above Petition read & Voted thereon that the Selectmen of South Hampton be served with a copy of this Petition & the vote thereon, by the l'etition's & at their expence ; & that they appear on the 3d day of sitting of the Gen" Assembly next, to shew cause if any they have why the Prayer of the Petition should not be granted.


Theod. Atkinson, Secy.


Eodem Die.


In the House of Representatives, the above Petition Read & ye vule of Council thereon, and voted a concurrence wth yo Vote of Council. James Jeffry, Clr. Assm.


September ye 17th 1742. The withia vote


Assented to, B. WENTWORTH.


In the House of Representatives 9br 19th 1742.


The within Petition read and voted, That the Prayer of the Petit'on be granted & that the Petitioners have liberty to bring in a Bill accord- ingly.


James Jeffry, Cler. Ass™


Prov. New Hampr November 234 1742.


In Council


the above vote read and Concurrd.


Theod. Atkinsea, Secy.


In the House of Representatives, Obr the 24th 1742.


Mr. Secr bro't down the within l'etition to be Reconsidered, Gbr ye 25th 1742. The within Petition Read & the House having reconsidered the affair Voted, That a Line be extended from the dividing Line be- tween Hampton Fulls P'ish & ye P'ish of Kensington to the Province Line, being sonth four degrees West, and that all the Inhabitants & their Estates to ye Eastward of yt line that did belong to South Hampton shall be annexed to llampton Falls l'ish, And ye Petitioners have Liberty to bring in a Bill accordingly.


James Jeffry, Clr. Assm


In Council, Nev : 25, 1742.


Coocurrd with this amendment, viz. After the words Hampton Falls Parish, be added,-to all Intents & Purposes except the Dutys of repairing & mending highways below the above st Line, & paying their


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Province Tax which is to be paid as usual till a new Proportion or the further order of the Gen1 Assembly.


Theod. Atkinson, Secy.


Eod. Die. In the House of Represents the above vote of Council for amendm' Read & Cooeurrd.


James Jeffrey, Cler. Assm


Eodm Die .- Asscaled to


B. WENTWORTH.


Memorial of Inhabitants of South Hampton.


To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq. Captain General and Governour ia Chief in and over his Majesties Province of New Hamp- shire in New England and to the Honourable his Majesties Couacil.


After our Duty expressed we find ourselves constrained to make our humble acknowledgement of your Goodness extended toward us, and Return you thanks for granting our Petition and Incorporating us into a Town called by ye name of South Hampton. We have been credible informed that some of our Dessenting brethren that lives at ye upper or west part of our Town have preferd a petition to ye Honourable Court to be set off from us and we hear all so that they have presented a copy of a vote to your Excellency & Hlouours that we are willing they should be set off, which Vote we oppose for ye Reasons hereafter mea- tioned. Our Dessenting brethren Did at a Town meeting present ns a petition which is as followeth :


1. September yo 29th 1742, We whose names are under written do Pe- tition to the Town of South Hampton that they would agree to pass a vote that that part of ye town which lyeth upon ye west side of Powers River should be set off as soon as they are in order to Settel a minister yt is more convenant for them that is as many as shall be willing to be set off, then we will agree to help support ye minister here till then ; If you will finish ye meeting house and settel a minister upon your charge and like wise Release ns from doing any thing toward ye meeting house that has been past : Jonathan Farren, Micah Hloit, James George, John Eliot, Aaron Currier, David Goodwin, David Martain, Timothy Farren, Thomas Greenfield, John Sargent, Abraham Merril, Robert Martain, Nathaniel Ash, Philip Challis, Sammel Goodwia, William Sargent, Caleb Hobs, Daniel Goodwin, George Martain, Jonathan Kimball, Benjamin Kimball, Roger Eastman, David Colby, Jacob Colby, Zacheus Colby, Jonathan Wotson.




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