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4. Sarah, m. Jos. Taylor, Wilmot.
These were born in Amesbury.
III. Gideon, b. Aug. 13, 1754, in Chester, m. Anna, dau. of Daniel Richardson, and had a son Asa, now living in Raymond; lived at the Branch, No. 44, O. H. He died Oct. 1, 1835. She d. March 19, 1827.
IV. Jonathan, b. Sept. 29, 1756, went to Plymouth.
V. Sarah, b. Jan. 18, 1759, m. Reuben, son of Samuel Hills, and went to Mainc.
VI. Anna, m. Joseph, son of Benjamin Severance, and went to Salisbury, N. H.
THOMAS CURRIER lived near the Worthen saw-mill; m. Sarah Coburn, and had :-
1. Thomas, settled in Maine.
2. Ebenezer, m. a Dresser, and Nancy, the wid. of Eben Blas- dell. Ile was a soldier in the Revolution.
3. Jonathan m. Mary Prescott, 1794; d. in the army at Sackett's Harbor. Aug. 22, 1813.
4. Mary, m. Stinson.
THOMAS, Son., d. previous to 1780, and his widow m. Mansfield McDuffce, and d. 1835, aged 105.
DEA. DAVID CURRIER was born in 1756, in Leslie, a parish of Scotland, near Perth Head, about thirteen miles north of Edin- burgh, and the seat of John Leslie, Earl of Rathers. He came to this country in the ship " Minerva," and landed in Boston, May 11, 1774. He was a tailor, and worked a short time in Bo-ton, but soon came to Chester, and boarded with James Wilson, where Jacob Green now lives. When the war broke out, in 1775. le vol- unteered, and went to the headquarters of the army, and was in Bunker Hill battle. stationed behind the rail fence. He served seven months. In 1777 he was in Capt. Stephen Dearborn's com- pany. at the battle of Bennington. He m. Mary, only daughter of David Dinsmore, and bought that part of No. 123. 2d P., 2d D., lying the west side of the brook, and lived near the Blanchard saw-mill. He d. April 1, 1840, a. 85. She d. Aug. 20, 1846, a. 82. Children :-
James. m. Catherine Patten, went to Genesee County, N. Y. Elizabeth, b. July 5, 1787, m. John Clark; d. March 14, 1868. John, d. unmarried, 1823.
Mary, m. Samuel Fletcher.
Margaret, m. William Graham, Esq.
David, b. Sept., 1800, m. Lydia R., dau. of John Melvin. He held various offices in Chester and Auburn; now cashier of Derry Bank.
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DAVIS.
There was a JOSEPH DAVIS in Chester, who had six children recorded from 1739 to 1751, but nothing is known of them.
SAMUEL DAVIS was an early settler on No. 124, 4th D., at what is called White Hall, in Hooksett. Children :-
1. Robert, m. Molly, dau. of Samuel Brown of Hooksett. He was drowned in Lakin's Pond, 1805.
2. Jonathan, m. Susey, dan. of John Patten, and lived on No. 78, 4th D., where Hidden had lived.
3. Joseph.
4. Daniel, lived on the homestead.
5. Samuel, m. Betsey, dan. of Jere. Underhill; d. at Concord, in the U. S. service, April 7, 1813. Samuel Davis, Sen., d. Oct. 20, 1806.
DALTON.
JOHN, SAMUEL AND CALEB lived on No. 110, 4th D., between the old main road and river in Hooksett. Some of the name were in the Indian war. They sometimes had their minister rates abated on account of living so far from the meeting-house.
DICKEY.
JOHN DICKEY lived on Add. No. 27, where Jacob Couch lately lived. His wife was Margaret, and their children, Daniel, b. 1737, Isabel, 1739, and Robert, 1742.
ADAM DICKEY'S will was proved 1753. ITis children, Elizabeth June, Joseph, William, Janet and Adam, all minors.
DAVID DICKEY probably came from Ireland. His wife was Isabella. Whether he came to Derryfield or not is uncertain. His son John m. Janet McClento, and lived about the centre of lot No. 12, 4th D. He had two sons, John, b. 1786, lived on the homestead where his son David now lives; David, lived south of Jonas Harvey's.
DEARBORN.
GODFREY DEARBORN was the patriarch of the Dearborn family in the United States. He is said to have been a native of Exeter, county of Devon, in the S. W. part of England. The time of his birth is not known. He was twice married, but the name of his first wife and time of marriage is unknown. She was living in 1650, and d. previous to Nov. 25, 1662, when he m. Dorothy the wid. of Philemon Dalton, by which marriage there was no issue.
In 1639 Rev. John Wheelright removed with a company of his friends from Mass. to Exeter, and founded a settlement. They
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framed and signed among themselves a kind of social compact. It was signed by thirty-five persons. Godfrey Dearborn signed by making his mark, as he did his will more than forty years afterwards. His farm in Exeter is said to have been in what is now Stratham. He remained in Exeter about ten years, and then removed to Hampton, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was selectman of Exeter, 1648; and March 4, 1650, seats were assigned to "goodman and goody Dearborn," in Hampton meet- ing-house. In Hampton he settled at the West End, and the farm in 1848 was occupied by some of his descendants. For a very full genealogy, see Hist. and Gen. Reg., Vol. 2. Godfrey Dearborn had six children, three sons and three daughters : -
1. Henry, b. 1633. 2. Thomas, b. 1634.
3, 4, 5, three daughters, of whom little is known except that in his will is a legacy " to my three daughters," though Sarah m. Thomas Nudd.
6. John was b. in Exeter. about 1742, in. Mary Ward.
1. Henry, b. in England about 1633, came over with his father when about six years old; in. Elizabeth Marrian, Jan. 10. 1666. He was one of the selectmen of Hampton, 1676 and 1692; d. Jan. 18, 1725. Henry had seven children, three sons and four daugh- ters. One of the daughters. Sarah, m. Philemon Blake, who was a grantee of Chester, son of Jasper and Deborah Blake. The old- est son, JOILN, b. Oct. 10, 1666, m. Abigail Bachelder, 1689, d. Nov. 14, 1736. He lived in what is now North Hampton, and was a deacon in Hampton, and afterwards in North Hampton. When he removed to North Hampton it was a wilderness. His house was standing in 1848, and had remained in the family up to about 1820.
DEA. JOHN DEARBORN had ten children, four sons and six daughters. Ilis second child was JONATHAN, b. May 8, 1691, m. Hannah Tucke, Dec. 29, 1715. He removed to Stratham. He d. Jan. 29, 1779.
JONATHAN had a son John, who resided on the homestead in Stratham, b. April 2, 1718, d. March 22, 1807.
Ile had a son Jonathan, who settled in Chester, now Raymond, on No. 17, O. H. In 1759 there was a road laid out at the request of Jonathan Dearborn and others. His wife was Abigail. Chil- dren : -
1. Jolın, m. Mehitabel Cram. 2. Abigail, m. Simon Page. 3, Jonathan, m. Sarah Page. 4. Nathaniel, m. Mary Cram. 5. Sarah, m. (1) Nehemiah Cram, m. (2) Josiah Brown, m. (3) John Moody. All lived in Raymond.
DE1. JOHN'S ninth child was SIMos, lived on the paternal estate; was executor to his father's will, and residuary legatee, and had twelve children, the youngest of whom was
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Henry, b. Feb. 23, 1751. He was a physician in Nottingham, N. II .. 1772; Capt. in the N. H. regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill. 1775; Capt. in Arnold's expedition against Quebec, 1775-6; Major with the command of a distinct corps at the battles of Still- water and Saratoga, 1777; Lt .- Colonel at the battle of Monmouth, 1778: Deputy Quartermaster-General at Yorktown and the sur- render of Cornwallis, 1781; Col. of the first N. H. reg. from 1781 to the end of the war; removed to Maine, 1784; Brigadier-Gen. and Marshal of Maine; member of Congress, 1795; Sec. of War, 1801; Collector of Boston, 1809; Maj. Gen. U. S. Army, 1812; Minister to Portugal, 1822; d. at Roxbury, Mass., June 6, 1829.
Godfrey had
2. Thomas, b. in England about 1634, m. Hannah Colwell, Dec. 28, 1665. His residence was in that part of Hampton called Drake Side. He was a deacon; d. April 14, 1710. His second child was EBENEZER, b. Oct. 3, 1689, m. Abigail, dau. of Jo- seph and granddaughter of Lt. John Sanborn, Oct. 7, 1703. She was b. Oct. 1, 1686. He was one of the grantees of Chester, and removed there, and also five sons. In a deed of H. L. No. 121, in Chester, Oct. 3, 1729, he is said to be of Hampton. His name is on the inventory of Hampton Falls, 1727. His own home lot was No. 17, lying by the side of the one he purchased, and he probably settled there nearly opposite the old White place, where Joseph Webster now lives.
His name first appears on Chester records as moderator of the annual town meeting, March 26, 1729-30, and he was chosen one of the selectmen at the meeting. In 1731, Samuel Ingalls is styled Capt., Ebenezer Dearborn Lt., and Jacob Sargent " In- sign," being probably the first military officers in Chester. In 1734 he is called Deacon. He was elected to very many offices in town. His will was dated March. 1767, and proved March 27, 1772. He d. March 15, 1772. His wife d. Feb. 26, 1768. They had eight children: I. Ebenezer; II. Mehitable; III. Peter; IV. Benjamin; V. Thomas; VI. Michael; VII. Abigail; VIII. Mary.
I. EBENEZER, Jr., usually called Lieut. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 27, 1705, m. Huldah Nason. Jan. 13, 1731; m. (2) Elizabeth Swain, the widow of Samuel Hills. He settled on H. L. No. 131, where James R. Gordon now lives. He d. Jan. 10, 1790. His will is dated July, 1780, proved Jan. 20, 1790. Elizabeth d. July 31, 1793. Children : -
1. Hannah, b. Oct. 13, 1731, m. Elijah Heath of Chester.
2. Sarah, b. Jan. 9, 1734, m. John Shackford, Jr., of Chester; d. Ang. 18 or 19, 1814.
3. Huldah, b. Aug. 18, 1735.
4. Stephen, b. May 15, 1738.
5. Phebe, b. Feb. 20, 1741, m. Wilkes West, d. 1783.
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6. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 6, 1744.
7. Jonathan, b. Dec. 26, 1746.
8. Richard, b. May 2, 1747 (?), who d. young.
4. Stephen, b. 1738, m. Ruth, dau. of John Robie, Sept. 18, 1761. She was b. 1739, d. Feb., 1808. He m. (2) Lydia, dau. of Samuel Robie, who had been m. to Richard Ordway, brother of Dr. John, and to John Clay. She d. Sept. 29, 1817, aged 74. He d. Oct. 10, 1827. Stephen and Ruth had Richard, b. Sept. 21, 1764, m. Molly Ordway, dau. of Richard, June 5, 1788. He d. May 21, 1823; she d. Dec. 11, 1842, a. 78. Children : -- 1. Ruth, b. Feb. 12, 1789, d. unmarried, Dec. 7, 1842. 2. Lydia, b. July 27, 1790, d. unmarried, June 21, 1817. 3. Mahala, b. June 27, 1792, d. Aug. 30, 1806. 4. Sally, b. May 17, 1784, d. unmarried, Jan. 19, 1867. 5. Stephen, b. Aug. 10, 1796, m. (1) Lydia, dau. of Rev. Samuel Harris, m. (2) Mary Ann Craige, d. March 16, 1859. 6. Richard, b. Oct. 9, 1798, mn. Sally, dau. of Stephen Chase, Esq., d. Feb. 1, 1853. 7. Hendrick, b. June 22, 1803, m. Sylvenia Fletcher, d. March 25, 1861, - had three daughters and one son on the homestead.
Col. Stephen Dearborn was appointed Captain under George HI, by John Wentworth. May 3. 1767; Capt. under Congress, Sept. 25, 1775; Maj. Sept. 25, 1785; Lieut .- Col. April 5, 1793; resigned Sept. 18, 1800. His son Richard was adjutant. He commanded a company at Bennington, in 1777. Colonel Dear- born was several times selectman. He first settled near the New or Dearborn saw-mill, but soon removed his house up the hill where his great grandchildren yet reside, on No. 68, 2d P. 2d D.
6. Ebenezer, b. 1744; m. Edith, or Adah, dau. of Nathan Phil- brick of Hampton, 1769. Lived on HI. L. No. 34. He d. Aug. 18, 1825. She d. May 5, 1819, a. 72. Children :-
1. Jolın, m. Susan Lufkin and moved to Corinth. 2. Jonathan, m. his cousin Anna, dau. of Jonas Dearborn. She d. 1808; m. (2) Jane Stinson. No male issue. He was born the day the meeting-house was raised; lived on the homestead Nov. 2, 1831. She d. 1833. 3. William, m. a Lowell, of Amesbury, and resided there.
7. Jonathan, b. 1746; m. Delia, dau. of John Robie. and lived on the homestead. He d. Nov. 22, 1826; a. 80. She d. April 7, 1814, a. 63. Children : -
1. Richard, b. Aug. 8, 1774; m. Dolly, dau. of Samuel Under- hill, and went to New Chester and had a large family : among whom was Jonathan, a physician at Seabrook. He m. (2) Susan- nah Sargent, widow of John Melvin. 2. Edward, b. July 16, 1776; m. Knight of Atkinson; no issue. He studied medicine with Dr. Cogswell of Atkinson; settled in Seabrook, where he
Hendrick Dearborn
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had a large and successful practice for more than fifty years, and received the honorary degree of M. D. He, by will, gave $10,000 to endow an academy at Seabrook, and $5,000 to the Congrega- tional society there. 3. Jonathan, b. Jan. 25, 1781; m. Sarah, dau. of Dea. Amos Morse, 1805, and lived on the homestead and at the Glidden place in Chester. Had Charles E. and Alfred S. 4. Cyrus, b. Aug. 2, 1785; studied medicine with his brother . Edward; settled in practice at East Salisbury, Mass., and had a successful practice there between fifty and sixty years. He has been representative of the town and held various offices. 5. Ebenezer, b. July 30, 1793, m. Hannah D. Dyson of Beverly, 1826; studied medicine two years with his brother Edward, and a year and a half with Dr. Thomas Kittridge of North Andover, Mass .; attended a course of lectures in Boston; also a course at Dart .; M. D. Dart., 1821; was Councillor and President of the N. H. Med. Society; settled in practice in Nashua in 1816, and had a successful practice there for forty-five years and then retired from practice, but still resides there. Charles Ebenezer Dear- born, Dart., 1842, is his son. There were also three daughters: Anna, m. her cousin Jonathan, son of Ebenezer; d. July, 1808. Huldah, unm., and Delia. m. a Hoit of New Chester. Jonathan mı. (2) Elizabeth Pike, who d. May 1, 1855, a. 88.
II. MEHITABLE, b. Nov. 12, 1703; m. Dea. Nathaniel Fitts of Salisbury, Mass., May, 1744; d. June 11, 1765.
HI. PETER, b. Nov. 14, 1710; m. Margaret Fifield of Kingston, Dec. 2, 1736. He lived on HI. L. No. 25, up the cross road from the Derry road. He d. Oct. 28, 1781. Children: -
1. Anna, b. Oct. 17, 1737; in. John Haselton, son of Ephraim, 1764; d. Nov., 1780.
2. Peter, b. Jan. 26, 1740; m. Tabitha Morril, Dec. 26, 1765 ; d. Oct. 24, 1770.
3. Dea. Joseph, b. Aug. 17, 1742; m. Betty, dau. of Dea. Jonas Hall, in 1761; settled on No. 59, 2d P., 2d D .; sold to John Clarke, 1777. He was a Lt. and Capt. in the army. Chil .:- Lydia, Anna, Sarah, Mehitable, Betsy, John, and Eleanor b. 1785. IIe removed to Rumney. She d. Jan. 1816.
4. Mary, b. 1746.
5. Josiah, b. Oct. 24, 1751; m. Susannah, dan. of Samuel Em- erson, Esq., Aug., 1779, lived on the old John Aiken place, and removed to Weare. Chil .:- Nehemiah, Susannah. Henry, Josiah, Edward, Samuel, David and Jonathan, twins, Peter and John. Henry, Josiah, Samuel and David are said to have settled in Corinth.
6. Sarah, b. Sep. 16, 1764.
7. Asa, b. July 25, 1756 ; m. Anna, dau. of Sam. Emerson, Esq.,
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Dec., 1781; lived on the homestead, and went to Chelsea, Vt .; was Capt. of Cavalry. Chil .:- Peter, Lucretia, Isaac, Catharine, Nancy, Samnel, Wilder, Hubbert. Sally, Perley, and Adaline.
8. Sherburne, b. Sept. 5, 1758; m. Elizabeth, dan. of Isaac Towle, May, 1779. She d. 1798. Chil. :- Elizabeth, Benjamin, Edmond, Nancy, Cyrene and Billy. He m. the widow of Benj. French, and Susan, dau. of Moses Emerson; d. Oct. 9, 1852.
IV. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 13, 1713; m. a Colcord of Kingston. Oct. 31, 1735, his father gave him H. L. 132, and a part of the old saw-mill. He settled on the lot and built the house where Capt. B. Fitts lately lived. It is on the inventory, 1741, and is probably the oldest in town. He sold to Nathan Fitts, Nov., 1767, and removed to Plymouth, N. H.
V. THOMAS, b. Dec. 3, 1713; m. Dorothy Sanborn, Sept. 10, 1741. In 1742 his father gave him H. L. 23 and 122, on which he settled. He built a quarter of the New or Dearborn saw-mill, in 1751. Ilis will was dated Jan. 7, 1754, proved Jan. 30, 1754. He gave his son, JJohn Sanborn, the homestead, saw-inill, &c. His widow m. Samuel Emerson, Esq. Children: -
1. Mary, b. May 23, 1752; m. Samuel Towle, son of Anthony, settled in Candia.
2. John Sanborn, b. Dec. 12, 1743; m. Mary Emerson of Haverhill, Sept. 25, 1764, lived on the homestead, and in 1778 purchased of Samuel Robie the Robie place (John Robinson's) and tan-yard (the Blake yard). She d. April 25, 1806. He m. Mchitable Bradley, the widow of Benj. Melvin, Oct. 26, 1807. He d. Dec. 2, 1813. She d. Feb. 14, 1824. He was a deacon. Chil .:- 1. Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1765: m. Ozias Silsby. 2. Lydia, b. Jan. 24, 1767; m. Benj. Hills, 3d, 1736. 3. Olive, b. Nov. 24, 1768: in. Joseph Robinson. 4. Abigail, b. July 9, 1770; m. Rev. John Kelly. 5. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1772; m. Nathaniel Abbot of Concord, 1792. 6. Sarah, b. Sept. 13, 1773; m. Moses Carlton ; d. March 18, 1869, at West Concord. 7. Susanna, b. June 23, 1775; m. Capt. Benj. Fitts. 8. Hannah, b. Feb. 14, 1777; m. Benj. Pain and Sargent. 9. John, b. Sept. 9, 1778; d. Dec. 3, 1809. 10. Rebecca, b. April 26, 1780; m. Nathan Knowles, 3d. 11. Nathaniel, b. June 15, 1781, in. Newman ; was an attorney; d. at Northwood.
3. Thomas, b. March 11, 1745; m. Mary Morrison, 1768; settled in Candia. near the meeting-house. on No. 67, 3d D., was killed by a cannon ball, at R. I., 1778. The widow m. Joseph Palmer, and had another family ; d. Dec., 1820. Chil. :- 1. David. settled at Cazeno, N. Y. : was a lawyer. 2. John, settled in Sanbornton. 3. Samnel, settled in Candia; his sons Thos. and Benj. live in Candia, and Leonard in Lowell. 4. Thomas, settled in Raymond.
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4. Dolly, b. Jan. 12, 1748; m. Nathl. Emerson, and went to Stoddard, N. H.
5. Samuel, b. Nov. 7, 1751 : m. Sarah, dau. of Winthrop Sargent ; settled in Candia, on No. 34, 3d D .; d. 1818.
6. Elizabeth, d. young.
VI. MICHAEL, b. April 24, 1719; m. Dorothy Colby, April 11, 1751. They had Nabbe, b. Jan. 9, 1751. Michael's will, dated Oct. 20, 1753, proved, Jan. 30, 1754; d. Jan. 5, 1754.
VII. Deacon Ebenezer's seventh child ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 27, 1721; m. James Varnum, Oct. 26, 1742, and lived in Chester, where Bachelder's inn now is, and after Mr. Varnum's death in 1756, m. John Robie.
VIII. MARY, b. June 11, 1743. In Dea. Ebenezer's will, dated March, 1767, g. d. Nabbe, Mehitable Fitts, Anna Morril and Abigail Robie are legatees.
DEXTER.
LORD TIMOTHY DEXTER was of Newburyport. He was a leather-dresser; was remarkable for his eccentricity, ignorance, and luck in pecuniary affairs. He once wished to send a venture to the West Indies, and inquired of some one what it was best to send. He was answered, "Warming-pans." Not knowing but warming-pans were needed there to warm beds, he invested largely, and it proved a rich speculation, the warming-pans sell- ing for ladles, and the covers for strainers.
He had quite a number of statues of the prominent men of the time, full sized, carved in wood and mounted on pedestals, in front of his residence at Newburyport. He had a tomb built and a coffin made, and was put into it, and mock funeral services per- formed. He wrote a book entitled, " A Pickle for the Knowing Ones," with all the marks of punctuation together at the close, that each reader might season for himself.
He was brother to the father of the wife of Rev. Nathan Brad- street. He bought the Toppan Webster place, and moved into Chester Feb., 1796, and lived there a year or two. He offered to pave the street from there to the meeting-house if they would name it " Dexter street," but they were indifferent about the name or having it paved, and it was not done. He moved back to Newburyport, but owned the place several years.
DINSMORE.
The early tradition of the Dinsmore family is derived from a discourse by Rev. John Dinsmore, at a golden wedding of Arthur, Jr., at Anson, Me., Sept. 10, 1865 :-
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" The original progenitor of all the Dinsmores that live in this country and the old, so far as we are able to trace the genealogy, lived in a place in Scotland called Achenwead, about the time the Pilgrim Fathers landed on Plymouth Rock. He was a wealthy farmer, being called the Laird of Achenwead, having tenants under him. He had two sons, the younger, called John, left his home at seventeen years of age, and went to Ireland, and settled near Bellywaitche, in the county of Antrim." He had four sons. John, the oldest, emigrated to America,-the first one of the name who ever came,-date unknown. He landed at Gorges, in Maine, was captured by the Indians, and carried to Canada; went back to Gorges, thence to Buxton, thence to Londonderry. The pro- prietors gave him a farm. He was a mason, and built him a stone house ; sent for his family, who arrived in 1730. He lived to the age of ninety-nine.
DAVID DINSMORE, a grandson of John, was a tailor in Ireland, and, I think, worked with another tailor by the name of Kennedy. Kennedy died, leaving two children. DAVID married the widow, and about 1745 they set sail from Londonderry in Ireland. They had a long, tedious voyage, it being three months before they landed in Boston, and were put on short allowance. They brought flax and a linen wheel with them, and she immediately commenced making linen thread for sale. They soon removed to Londonderry, and he worked at his trade. In May 8, 1747, James Adams deeded to " David Dinsmore of Londonderry, tailor," No. 22, 4th D., in Chester, which was in Derryfield. In 1758 he pur- chased the west half of lot No. 84, 2d P., 2d D., on which he set- tled. She d. 1807, a. 97.
DAVID DINSMORE Was b. in 1714; Elizabeth, 1610. Children :- 1. Samuel, b. 1741, m. Mary, dau. of John Waddel; lived on No. 66, 2d P., 2d D. They had Elizabeth, who m. James Wason, who lived there, and (2) m. Bebee. She bequeathed her property to the Presbyterian parish. Samuel d. in the army about 1776. Mary d. Sept 14, 1784, a. 38.
2. James, b. 1743, lived in the English range, Londonderry.
3. Darid, b. 1746, settled at Minot, Maine.
4. Thomas, b. 1748, settled at Anson, Maine.
5. Arthur, b. March 24, 1752, m. Margaret, dau. of James Ful- ton; lived on the south end of the homestead. Children :-
David, Elizabeth, James, Samuel, William W., Thomas, Mar- garet. Jane W., and Arthur, b. 1794. About 1794, he removed to Anson, Maine; d. 1829.
6. Robert, b. March 24, 1752, m. Abigail Sanborn, and lived on the homestead. He d. Jan. 10, 1824. She d. Nov. 27, 1800. Children :-
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David, d. young. Robert, b. 1784, went to Me. Reuben, b. 1785, went to Me. Samuel, b. Feb 15, 1788, m. Hannah, dau. of Joseph Blanchard, Esq., Dec. 26, 1811; d. March, 1864; lived on the homestead. John, b. 1790, d. unmarried in Texas. Eliza- beth, b. 1791, m. Nathl. B. Remie; went to Anson, Me. James, b. 1796, m. Zilpha Taylor; d. at Westminster, Vt.
Robert m. (2) Hannah Long. Mehitabel, b. 1802, m. Dr. Nathan Plummer, Dec. 6, 1836. Judith, b. 1804, m. John Scott; d. 1844.
7. Mary, b. 1754, m. Dea. David Currier; d. Ang. 20, 1838, a. 82.
DOLBY.
ISRAEL DOLBY was probably from Rye. The name of Nieless Dolby is on the tax-list of Rye in 1732. He bought of Cornet John Lane all of lot No. 20, 2d P. 2d D., lying southeast of the road from Chester to Lane's, and was there when the road was laid ont in 1748. He moved to Candia previous to 1778, and lived near where Coffin M. French now lives. He d. 1797. Children: -
1. Israel, m. Jane, dan. of Joseph Morril; residence on the homestead and at Candia; d. 1823. Chil., Isaac and Sarah, went to Sutton, N. H.
2. Daniel, m, a Haynes, settled in Candia. Children: - Wil- liam; John, m. Lydia, dau. of Walter Robie, Esq., lived on the homestead: Abigail, m. Col. Stephen Clay, d. 1819, a. 38.
3. Sarah, m. Ens. John Butterfield, d. 1805.
DUDLEY.
Rev. SAMUEL DUDLEY, of Exeter, son of Gov. Thomas Dudley, was b. at Northampton, in England, in 1606, d. at Exeter, 1683. He had a son STEPHEN, m. Sarah Gilman, dau. of Hon. John Gil- man, 1684, d. 1734. He had a son
STEPHEN, b. at Exeter, March 10, 1688, m. Sarah Davidson, and d. at Exeter, 1734. He purchased a tract of land at Freetown, of an Indian, Peter Pennet, and Abigail his squaw, Jan. 17, 1718- 19. He had a commission from Gov. Shute of which the follow- ing is a copy : -
" Province of New Hampshire.
Samuel Shute, Esq .. Captain General, and Commander in Chief in and over his Majestie's Province of New Hampshire in New England, &c., To Stephen Dudley, of Freetown, in the Province aforesaid, Greeting :
By virtue of the Power and Authority invested by his Majesty's Royal commission to me granted, to be Captain General, &c., over this His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire aforesaid, I do (by these Presents) reposing especial trust and confidence in your loy-
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HISTORY OF CHESTER.
alty, courage, and good conduct, constitute and appoint you the said Stephen Dudley, to be Colonel and Town Major of Free- town aforesaid, which land you have obtained by deed from Peter Pennet and Abigail his Squaw. Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Boston, the seventeenth day of August, in the seventh year of the reign of his Majesty, King George, Annoque Dom- ini 1729. [1719?] SAMUEL SHUTE.
By his Excellency's command.
John Boydel, his Secy.
This was copied from the genealogy of the Gilman family by John Kelly, in the Exeter "News-Letter." Dudley deeded to Francis James, 'of Gloucester, 400 acres of this land, May, 1722, and refers to his deed as dated Jan. 17, 1718-19. IIe also deeded some of this tract to his son James, the father of Judge Dudley. If this commission be genuine there must be some mistake about the date, as Gov. Shute left and went to England immediately after signing the charters of Chester, Londonderry and some other towns in 1722, and the seventh year of George would be 1720.
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