History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 180

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

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pulled close to his eyes ; and standing apart upon a form, he did, with many deep sighs and abundance of tears, lay open his wicked course. .. . In the end he earnestly and humbly besought the church to have compassion of him, and to deliver him out of the hands of Satan. So, accordingly, he was received into the church again; and after he came into the Court (for the general court began soon after) and made confession of his sin against them, etc., and desired pardon."

Besides being restored to the church, he was re- leased from banishment, and he returned to Dover.

In September, 1640, Rev. Hugh Peter was in Dover. A letter from him to Governor Winthrop bears date only "Salem, vlt. Sept." It says, " What my adven- ture was at Pascataway I suppose Mr. Larkham hath told yu, and if death prevent me not, I shall my selfe shortly. ... What past betwixt Mr. Williams at Pascataway and myself I shall tell you."

The only allusion to this visit yet found is an inci- dental one in Winthrop's journal, in the last of that year. A "great ship called the 'Charles,' of above 300 tons," with a wicked crew, was "at Pascatequack to take in clapboards, with another ship, wherein Mr. Peter, by occasion, preached one Lord's day," and the crew of the "Charles" "did use all the means they could to disturb the exercise by hooting and hellooing."

Why the restless and scheming Hugh Peter was at Pascataqua, interviewing Mr. Larkham at Dover and Mr. Williams at the mouth of the river, and then re- porting to Governor Winthrop, has to be inferred. But inasmuch as Underhill was again scheming to secure the submission of the Pascataqua to the Mas- sachusetts government, the object of this visit of Peter is sufficiently evident.

CHAPTER CXII.

DOVER .- ( Continued.) THE COMBINATION.

THAT the people of Dover had had a "combina- tion" for government in the time of Burdett has been shown by the letter of that person dated Nov. 29, 1638, wherein also it appears that he had held power for the preceding year in such a combina- tion. Whether this combination had dissolved, or whether a new one might be considered more bind- ing, or the old one was not sufficiently formal, a new one was entered into on the 20th of October, 1640. This document is the oldest document of Dover history.

" Whereas, sundry mischeifes and inconveniences have befaln us, and more and greater may in regard of want of civill Government, his Gratious Matie haveing hitherto setled no order for us to our knowl- edge :

1 His homestead was devised by will, 27th September, 1673 (proved 30th June, 1674), to his son-tu.mw, Richard Rich. It was purchased in 1706 by Judge Johu Tuttle, who devised it (28th December, 1717, proved 12th July, 1720) to his son, Ebenezer Tuttle, who sold it to Capt. Thomas Dellet.

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" Wee whose names are underwritten being Inhab- itants upon the River Pascataquack have voluntarily agreed to combine ourselves into a body politique that wee may the more comfortably enjoy the benefit of his Maties Lawes together with all such Orders as shallbee concluded by a major part of the Freemen of our Society in case they bee not repugnant to the Lawes of England and administered in the behalfe of his Majesty.

" And this wee have mutually promised and con- cluded to do .and so to continue till his Excellent Matie shall give other Order concerning us. In Wit- ness whereof wee have hereto set our hands the two and twentieth day of October in the sixteenth yeare of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles hy the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ire- land Defender of the Faith &c. Annoq Dom. 1640.

"John Follet,

Samnel Haines,

Robert Nanney,

John Underhill,

William Jones,

Peter Garland,

Phillip Swaddon,

John Dam,

Richard Pinckhame,

Steven Teddar,

Bartholomew Hunt,

John Ugroufe,

William Bowden,

Thomas Canning,

John Wastill,

John Phillips,

John Heard,

Tho : Dunstar,

John Hall,

Fran : Champernoon,

Abel Camond,

Hansed Knowles,

Henry Beck,

Edward Colcord,

Robert Huggins,

Henry Lahorn,

Thom. Larkham,

Edward Starr,

Richard Waldern,

James Nute,

William Waldern,

Anthony Emery,

William Storer,

Richard Laham,

William Furbur,

William Pomfret,

Tho. Layton,

John Cross,

Tho. Roberts,

George Webb,

Bartholomew Smith,

James Rawlins.

" This is a true copy compared with ye Originall by mee

"EDW. CANFIELD.

[INDORSED.]

" The Combination for Government by ye people at Pascataq 1640 Rec'd abt. 13th Febr. 82-3."

judges; Starbuck, an elder in the Dover Church ; Hall, whose beautiful farm on the Great Bay became the foundation of the great modern properties of his descendants, the March and Peirce families ; Rawlins, whose picturesque lands on the Piscataqua are still held by descendants of his name, and whose pos- terity numbers judges and senators; Champernoone, in whose veins flowed the blood of the Plantagenets, and no less honored in being the kinsman of Gilbert and Raleigh; Richard Walderne, many years a Speaker of the Massachusetts Assembly, and com- mander of the soldiers of New Hampshire in years of Indian warfare. Of the whole at least fifteen are still represented on Dover soil by descendants of their own name.

The importance of this list, however, makes each name deserving of particular notice. The word " Protest" in the notes below denotes that the same name is on the protest against annexation to Massa- chusetts in 1641, which will be given farther on. " Register" means the " New England Historical and · Genealogical Register." "Taxed, 1648," refers to the oldest extant tax-list.

Beck, Henry. Protest, 1641. Taxed, 1648 only. Is said to have come from Hertfordshire, in the ship " Angel Gabriel," wrecked at Pemaquid, Aug. 15, 1635, and to have married Ann Frost, of Pascataqua. He was ancestor of the late distinguished Theodoric Romeyn Beck, M.D., LL.D., medical professor and author, who died Nov. 19, 1855.

Bowden, William. No further mention. Savage says only "Maine, 1642.".

Camond, Abel. No further mention. Savage gives not even the surname. Was there an Abel Camock ?

Canney, Thomas. Often Kenny. Protest, 1641. Sent over by Capt. John Mason about 1631. Taxed 1648 and onwards. Was living in 1677. Of his family are known only wife Jane, and children :

1. Thomas, born before 1645, whose widow was taxed in 1675.

2. Joseph, married Dec. 25, 1670, Mary Clements.

3. Daughter, married Henry Hobbs.

4. Mary, married Jeremy Tebbets.

Doubtless there were others, as later families can- not be accounted for by these sons alone. . Thomas J. Canney and others now represent this family in Dover.

This combination appears to have embraced all the important names in Dover. We miss those of Edward Hilton and Thomas Wiggin, but both those Champernowne, Francis, of the blood-royal of Eng- land. An exhaustive memoir by the late learned Charles W. Tuttle, of Boston, was partially printed in the Register, xxviii. persons had removed outside the limits of the patent. On the roll is the name of Underhill, the commander of the military forces, although he was still continu- ing his machinations for union with Massachusetts; Colcord, Edward. Protest, 1641. By deposition, 1659, he was then forty-three years of age; by one of 1673, fifty-six years of age. That his employment by Wheelwright to purchase lands was in 1629 is of course absurd. Hubbard says he came over in 1631, but absurdly says he was afterwards Governor of Dover; his dignity was that of one of three commis- Knollys and Larkham, the two clergymen, of univer- sity education, soon to be at the head of rival fac- tions; William Walderne and William Pomfrett, successively recorders ; Edward Colcord, an unpleas- antly active citizen, to whom Hubbard gives an apocryphal governorship ; Roberts, president of the court ; Emery, a wealthy land-owner, ancestor of | sioners for cases under twenty shillings in value.

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He was of Hampton by 1645. Court records are full of his lawsuits, and he was repeatedly complained of for litigiousness. Some of the trouble was from the fact that he was a sturdy opponent of Massachusetts up to a certain date. William IIilton was once his surety. He died Feb. 10, 1681-82. Ile had wife Anne, and children :

1. Jonathan, who died Aug. 31, 1661, in his twenty- first year.

2. Mary, born Oct. 14, 1649; married, Dec. 25, 1670, Benjamin Fifield.

3. Edward, born Feb. 2, 1651-52; killed by Indians June 13, 1677. Farmer's notes to Belknap wrongly | tinguished jurists. say it should be Abrabam. His widow died Jan. 24, 1688-89.

4. Samuel.

5. Hannah, married, Dee. 28, 1665, Thomas Dear- born; she died July 17, 1720.

6. Sarah, married, Dec. 30, 1668, John Hobbs.

7. Shua, born June 12, 1660.

8. Deborah, born May 21, 1664; married Tristram Coffin.

9. Abigail, born July 23, 1667.

10. Mehitable, married, Dec. 29, 1697 (his second wife), Nathaniel Stevens, of Dover.

Crosse, John. Had Back River lot in 1642. No further mention in Dover. Savage makes him after- wards of Ipswich.

Dam, John. Protest, 1641. Was apparently in the Wiggin emigration; lived in Dover, and died there Jan. 27, 1689-90. Will dated May 19, 1687, proved March 23, 1693-94; gave property to sons John and William, and daughter Judith Tibbets. Grants are on Dover records. He had wife Elizabeth, and children :

1. John, of Bloody Point, taxed 1662 and onward. He married (1) a daughter of Sergt. John Hall ; (2) Nov. 9, 1664. Elizabeth, daughter of William Fur- bur, and left issue.

2. Elizabeth, born May 1, 1649.

3. Mary, born Sept. 4, 1651.

4. William, born Oct. 14, 1653; married Martha, daughter of William Pomfret, and left issue.

5. Susanna, horn Dec. 14, 1661.

6. Judith, born Nov. 15, 1666; married, July 6, 1684, Capt. Thomas Tebbets, and left issue.

. The name is now written Dame. Samuel H. Dame and others are descendants in Dover. The late Judge Dame, of Rochester, was a descendant, as was also Jonathan, many years a bank-eashier in this city. Descendants are also eminent Episcopal clergymen. Harriet F. Dame, a native of Barnstead, who received the thauks of the New Hampshire Legislature for her tender services to the sick and wounded iu the fiekl for four years, 1861-65, is of this family.

Dunstar, Thomas. Protest, 1641, as "Durstin." No further mention here. Perhaps "Dustin," and later of Kittery. (See Savage.) Thomas Durston, of Haverhill, was appointed June 8, 1703, adminis-

trator of estate of father Thomas, late of Kittery. The husband of Mrs. Dustan famous in Indian wars was one of his descendants, and the Emerson family of Dover trace back to that origin.

Emery, Anthony. Taxed 1648; his " house" taxed 1649 and 1650. Had plenty of grants in Dover. Conveyed his house, etc., at Dover Neck to William Pomfrett, Aug. 1, 1651, as "of Coleharberte, in the Province of maine." Ifis son James, in deposition, Feb. 5, 1704-5, then of Dedham, Mass., says his father lived "about three or four miles" from Waldron's, at Cochecho. Descendants noted in Maine, some as dis-

Follett, John. Protest, 1641, and no further men- tiou.

William Follett was taxed 1649 and onward, and had various grants. He married (evidently second wife), July 20, 1671 or 1672, Elizabeth, widow of Wil- liam Drew. He had at least one son.

Nicholas, mariner, representative to convention, 1689-90. In entries of inward vessels at Portsmonth, Sept. 17, 1692, " Nicholas Follet, com' of the Brigan- tine The Friends Endeavor, of Portsmouth," twenty- five tons, from Barbadoes. Had wife Hannah, who afterwards married Richard Nason, of York, Me. Nason, by will dated July 14, 1694, gave to wife all property of her former husband, Nicholas Follett, and legacies (besides to his own children) to Follett's children, viz., Sarah (Child), Mary ( Witham), Nich- olas, and Sarah (Meader). Nicholas Follett's son, Nicholas, born Nov. 5, 1677, conveyed land July 1, 1710, to "cozen Nicholas Meder," calling himself heir of William Follett, and mentioning " cozen John Follett of Barbadoes." He married Sept. 12, 1700, Mary IIall, "both of Portsmouth," and left issue.

Philip Follett was taxed at Oyster River, 1671-75.

" Abraham Folet's man" taxed 1673. Descendants are still living in Dover and Durham.

Furbur, William. Protest, 1641. Came in the " Angel Gabriel," wrecked at Pemaquid. Born in 1614 or 1615. Grants on Dover records. Was dead in 1699, intestate. He had wife Elizabeth, and chil- dren :

1. William, born in 1646, died Sept. 14, 1707. He married (second wife), Aug. 13, 1694, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John Heard, and widow of the second James Nute ; she died Nov. 9, 1705.

2. Jethro, of Dover.

3. Susanna, married May 5, 1664, John Bickford.

4. Elizabeth, married Nov. 9, 1664 (his second wife), the second John Dam.

5. Bridget, married Thomas Bickford.

Descendants are plentiful, successful in business and public life. James T. Furber is now superin- tendent of the Boston and Maine Railroad. Rev. Daniel L. Furber, D.D., is a Congregational clergy- man in Newton, Mass. William L. Furber, an es- teemed citizen, represents the family in Dover.

Garland, Peter. No further mention in Dover.

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Perhaps the Peter of Boston, 1654. The next Gar- land in Dover was Jabez, who by wife Dorcas had six children. Thomas B. Garland, late alderman, etc., of Dover, is a descendant, whose son, a graduate of West Point, was an officer in the army. The late Richard Garland, a learned citizen of Barnstead, was of this family.

Haines, Samuel. Protest, 1641. A. M. Haines, Esq., of Galena, Ill., a descendant, has full records.

Hall, John. Protest, 1641. Was sergeant, and of Greenland. Full account in Historical Memoranda, No. 303, Dover Enquirer. He was an ancestor of the March and Peirce families, leaving but one son, Jo- seph, who left three daughters only. Hon. Joshua W. Peirce, Clement March, and Dr. Hall Jackson, a surgeon of the Revolution, were descendants. This John Hall was not the later John, Dover, 1650, deacon of the First Church, ancestor of Hon. Joshua G. Hall, M.C., of Dover, Col. Daniel Hall, naval officer, etc.

Heard, John. There were two of the name, who have been confounded. John Heard had a lot here in March, 1648-49, but is not taxed in 1648, 1649, or 1650. There are no lists thence till 1657, when a John Heard appears, and he continues.

John Heard, apparently the one who signed Com- bination, was later of Kittery. Will dated March 3, 1675, " by reason of age, weak of body," proved Feb. 1, 1676-77; mentions wife Isabel ; gives portions to grandchildren Mary and Elizabeth (daughters of de- ceased son James) ; to three younger granddaughters (children of James also), then under eighteen, viz. : Katherine, Abigail, and Ann; and farm to grandson John, apparently son of the same James. He men- tions also daughter-in-law Susanna, mother of the aforesaid grandchildren. His son

James was dead before 1676. Her name, given as Susanna in the above will, is given elsewhere (in public records) as Shuah. Before Nov. 5, 1677, she had married Richard Otis, of Dover. Descendants of James married in Dover, which has added to the confusion.

The other John Heard, a shipmaster, had grant in 1652 of the land where Heard's Garrison afterwards stood. He died Jan. 17, 1688-89. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Joseph (not Benjamin) Hull. She died Nov. 30, 1706. Mather speaks of her. The list of their children seems to be :

1. Benjamin, born Feb. 20, 1643-44; married Eliz- abeth, daughter of the first Thomas Roberts. He was dead in 1703. It is probable he was the Benja- min, " of Dover," who married Ruth (who ?), of Sal- isbury, May 23, 1690, and had three children.

2. William, died before his father; married, but appears to have been childless.

3. Mary, born Jan. 26, 1649-50; married John Ham.

4. Abigail, born Aug. 2, 1651; married Jenkin Jones.

5. Elizabeth, born Sept. 15, 1653; married (1) James Nute, (2) William Furbur.

6. Hannah, born Nov. 22, 1655; not in father's will.

7. John, born Feb. 24, 1658-59; not in father's will.

8. Joseph, born Jan. 4, 1660-61; not in father's will.

9. Samuel, born August 4, 1663; married Expe- rience, daughter of Richard Otis, and left issue.

10. Tristram, born March 4, 1666-67. His will, dated April 18, 1734, was proved June 3d following, and he left issue. Farmer's notes to Belknap say erroneously he was the one killed in 1723; the one killed was his son Tristram.

11. Nathaniel, born Sept. 20, 1668, died April 3, 1700; his tombstone is standing in Dover. His widow Sarah married, April 26, 1703, William Foss. 12. Dorcas, living single in 1687.

Of this latter family was the late Hon. Ezekiel Hurd, judge of the Court of Common Pleas, whose daughter became the wife of Harrison Haley, Ex(., who remained on the homestead. Samuel F. Hurd, now superintendent of streets in Dover, John H. llurd, successful shoe manufacturer, Clarence L. Hurd, and others of this family reside in Dover. The " Heard Garrison" stood in the open lot south of the Bangs house, and part of its premises.

lluggins, Robert. Protest, 1641, as "Huckins," which is now the common form. Hlad Back River lot in 1642; not taxed 1648. Unless he was the " old Mr. Hnekins" killed at Oyster River, July 24, 1696, we do not know who this last can be. He had an only son, James, taxed at Oyster River 1664, and onward, who had a garrison-house, which was captured in August, 1689, when he and most of his party were killed. His widow was recovered by Capt. Church at Androscog- gin Fort in September, 1690. The name of but one son is preserved, viz., Robert, who, with his wife, Welthen, June 6, 1698, gave deed as "eldest son and heir of James Hnckins, y" only son and successor of Robert Huckins, deceased." Descendants are numer- ous. John I. Huckins, of Farmington, elected county commissioner in 1882, is of this family.

Hunt, Bartholomew. Protest, 1641. No further mention in Dover. The Hunt genealogy gives ac- count of descendants in this eminent family.

Jones, William. Protest, 1641. Savage calls him of Portsmouth, 1640. He was of Bloody Point, 1643. At court, Oct. 2, 1644, he was ordered to make public acknowledgment to Elder Starbuck and others "he hath revyled." No further mention, unless he is the one taxed November, 1659. But it is not likely that he jumped all the intermediate tax-lists. The one of 1659 was taxed in 1661 (1660 is lost) and no further. His tax is in the lowest group. See the various Wil- liams in Savage; especially William who married Hannah, daughter of Governor Theophilus Eaton, and sister of Valentine Hill's wife. Hill died about 1660, having extensive interests at Oyster River.

Jenkin Jones was taxed at Cochecho, 1666, and

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onward. He married Abigail, daughter of John Heard.

Robert Jones was taxed at Cochecho, 1657-62, and disappears.

Stephen Jones was received inhabitant, March 19, 1665-66; married, June 28, 1663, Elizabeth Field. From him descend the Durham Jones family. His son, Capt. Stephen Jones, bravely and sueeessfully defended his garrison-house, overlooking the Shank- hassick, in the great attack of 1694. Their deseend- ant, William F. Jones, now lives on the beautiful lands of his ancestor, being the sixth generation of its ownership.

Knollys, Rev. Hanserd, already mentioned.

Laham, Riehard, no further mention. The surname is not given by Savage. As we have only a copy made, 1682, we suspect an error for Lahorne. A Rich- ard Langhorne was of Rowley, 1649, died 1669. (See next name.)

Lahorne, Henry, no further mention.

Larkham, Rev. Thomas, already sufficiently men- tioned.

Layton, Thomas. Protest, 1641. Was here about 1636, and died here Jan. 22, 1671-72. Will dated Sept. 20, 1671, in which he says he was "aged sixty-nine years or thereabouts." IIis widow, Joanna, married, July 16, 1673, Couneilor Job Clements. She died Jan. 15, 1703-4, "full of dayes." Children mentioned in Layton's will, were :

1. Thomas, freeman May 15, 1672 ; married Eliz- abeth, daughter of Elder Hatevil Nutter, and lett issue.

2. Mary, married the second Thomas Roberts.

3. Elizabeth, married Capt. Philip Cromwell.

4. Sarah, single in 1672. Did she marry the second Philip Chesley ?

William Layton was received inhabitant Oct. 10, 1665; taxed at Cocheeho, 1663 to 1668. Who was he ? The William of Kittery is said to have died in 1666.

The Laightons of the Isles of Shoals are believed to be descendants of Thomas, of Dover. John H. Leighton and others are of Dover.

Nanney, Robert. Protest, 1641. Taxed 1649, and appears no more in Dover. (See Savage.) Was of Boston afterwards; married Catherine, daughter of Rev. John Wheelwright, baptized at Bilsby, England, Nov. 4, 1630. He ealls Richard Hutchinson " uncle." Wheelwright's second wife was Mary Hutchinson, sister of William, who married Anne Marbury. They had a brother Riehard.

Nute, James. Came to Portsmouth in 1631, in the Mason emigration ; doubtless of the Tiverton family, England. Taxed 1648 and onward. Lard given by him in 1671 to bis son is still in possession of de- seendants. Ilis son James married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John and Elizabeth (Hull) Heard, of Dover. A grandson, Capt. Samuel Nute, was a soldier of the Revolution. Paul Nute, great-great- grandson of the emigrant, was a lieutenant in the

Revolution, and lived on the old homestead which descended to his grandson, Capt. Thomas Nute.

Alonzo Nute, a wealthy eitizen of Farmington, is of this family. Tra W. Nute, a resident, Oliver Nute, farmer, Andrew Nute, Edward F. Nute, etc., are of Dover with other descendants of this prolific family.

Phillips, John. Hatevil Nutter and Edward Star- buck were appointed administrators of his estate July 28, 1642; no relatives. Estate, £17 2d. ; debts, €17 148. 4d.

Pinkham, Richard. Protest, 1641. Tradition says from Isle of Wight. Grants are on record. Was living in 1671. Of his children but three are known,-

1. Richard, married Elizabeth, daughter of the sec- ond Thomas Layton, and left issue.

2. John, taxed in 1665; married Rose, daughter of Richard Otis, and had at least nine children.

3. Thomas, taxed at Dover Neek, 1667 and 1668, and then disappears.

Many descendants exist. Lands on Dover Neek are still kept in the family. J. Burleigh Pinkham is manufacturing; Alonzo T. Pinkham, druggist ; Daniel Pinkham, in his beautiful home on Dover Neck, and many others are descendants.

Pomfrett, William. Protest, 1641. Was town elerk 1647 many years; died in Dover, Aug. 7, 1680. Had many grants, being here in 1639, at least, when he bought of Thomas Johnson. He had a elerkly edu- cation, showing elegant penmanship, correet English, and some Latin. Often "Pomfret." He had evi- dently only two daughters who grew to maturity,-

1. Elizabeth, married Thomas Whitehouse, whose son, Pomfret Whitehouse, inherited.

2. Martha, married William Dam, whose son, Pom- frett Dam, inherited.

Whitehouse and some Dam families in Dover in- herit the blood of this emigrant.

Rawlins, James. The Rollins genealogy is ample. Descendants are in Dover. Hon. E. Ashton Rollins, of Philadelphia, and Senator Edward H. Rollins, Dover, and Charles W. Rollins are of this family ; so is also Judge Samuel W. Rollins, of Meredith.

Roberts, Thomas. Protest, 1641. Succeeded Un- derhill in 1640 as president of the court, and was one of the few called "Mr." in the tax-lists. Bishop's New England Judged speaks well of him. His wife was Rebecca, The tradition that he came with the Ililtons should be abandoned. Will dated Sept. 27, 1673, proved June 30, 1684, mentions :

1. John, born (aceording to deposition) 1629; mar- ried Abigail, daughter of Elder Hatevil Nutter ; marshal of the province, 1679. Died Jan. 21, 1694-95, leaving issue.

2. Thomas, born (dep.) 1636; married Mary, daugh- ter of the first Thomas Layton, and left issue, whose list is imperfeet.

3. Hester, married John Martyn, " of New Jersie," in 1673.

4. Anna, married James Philbrick, of Hampton.

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5. Elizabeth, married Benjamin Heard, of Cochecho. 6. Sarah, married Richard Rich, who had the home- stead.

Smith, Bartholomew. Protest, 1641. Back River lot in 1642. No further mention.

George Smith, recorder of Dover, 1646-47, taxed 1648 and 1649. The tradition that he was a relative of the famous Capt. John Smith lacks support. Equally so that he was father of Joseph, who was an- cestor of the Durbam Smiths.

Joseph Smith was of Oyster River; see a pamphlet genealogy of this family. A descendant writes me 5. Joseph, born Aug. 23, 1648. that there is no reason to suppose Joseph to be son of 6. Benjamin, twin with Joseph, died single. George; and that an old paper says that his mother 7. Samuel, born about 1653. came over with three sons, having previously married And Savage thinks that Benjamin, of Wells, may a Munday. His descendants have been persons of . have been a son. See Savage for the sons, who went great influence. Judge Ebenezer Smith, of Durham, to Wells. who died in 1831, was a descendant.

Starbuck, Edward. Protest, 1641. Born in 1604, is said to have come from Derbyshire. Was " elder" in the church. He was later a leading citizen of Nan- tucket, and left descendants. He died in Nantucket, Feb. 4, 1696-97, aged eighty-six. Had wife, Kathe- rine, and children :

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History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 180

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

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