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GLIDDEN.
NATHL. GLIDDEN was from Exeter; was brother of Moses (the hatter) Underhill's wife ; was a cabinet maker, and lived directly below the burying-ground at Chester; m. Phebe Butterfield, dan. of Samuel Robie's second wife. His son, John L., b. 1782, m. Mary Simonds, wid. of Nathan Webster, Jr. Nathl. d. 1814. John L. d. 1838. Mary d. Dec., 1863, a. 83.
GORDON.
ROBERT GORDON lived on H. L. No. 36, on the homestead of John Calfe. Mr. Calfe reserved his lot when he sold in 1745. David White in. a dau., and the mother lived with them. She was famous for the manufacture of fine linen. and was probably a midwife, as she bore the appellation of " Granny Gordon." She d. about 1795, a. over 90.
There was another ROBERT GORDON, who lived above Head's tavern, in Hooksett, at a later day.
GRAHAM.
ROBERT GRAHAM was born in Ireland, and m. Janet Hume, and had a family of children born there. The precise time of coming over is not known. In 1733 he purchased II. L. No. 128, where he settled, since occupied by Drs. Benj. and Rufus Kit- tridge, and now by Benj. Davis. In 1747 he deeded the north- west half to his son William, who soon died without issue. He signed the Presbyterian protest, Nov., 1735; he and his son Rob- ert that of June, 1736. His will was proved Dec., 1748, when it is said he was 80 years old. The children, according to the will, and the division of William's estate, were: - ROBERT, m. Jane Karr, of Londonderry; AGNES, m. Andrew Craige; JEAN, m. William White, Sen .; ESTHER, m. Matthew Forsaith; MARY, m. William Crawford; and ANN, unmarried; and his wife, Janet, was then alive. He was a blacksmith.
ROBERT lived on Add. No. 16, on the east side of the Derry road, d. May, 1790. Children: -
1. James, m. Molly, dau. of John Carr, settled on Add. lot No. 22, near Stephen Morse; moved to the south part of Deering. She d., and he m. (2) a dau. of William Graham, Sen. None of his descendants remain at Deering.
2. John, d. unmarried, in Chester, in 1793.
3. Robert, m. Sarah Gilchrist, wid. of Joseph Carr, and lived
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on II. L. No. 10, the Robert Gilchrist place, where Josiah I. Hall now lives. Children : - Nancy, m. Jesse Mills; Sally, m. Robert Mills; Polly, m. John Shirley ; and Jane, m. Jesse Christie.
4. William, m. Mary Karr, of Londonderry, 1799, lived on the homestead, and went to Goffstown.
WILLIAM GRAHAM came from Ireland, it is said, with Rev. Mr. Wilson : was a brother, or some relation, of Robert. He m. Mar- garet, dau. of John Aiken, Sen., and in 1745 bonght Aiken's grist- mill and a tract of land. In 1750 he bought No. 70, 2d P., 2d D., and settled on it. He was a linen weaver, and after his children were grown they raised flax, dressed and spun it, and he wove it, and they did a thriving business, so that he settled his sons on farms. He d. April 21, 1789, a. 73. Children: -
I. John, m. Elizabeth Anderson, and lived at first on Gov. Wentworth's farm, the Alex. Craige place, and then on the home- stead: d. April 17, 1819, a. 75. Children: -
. 1. William, m. Sarah, dau. of Benj. Hall, and Margaret, dau. of Dea. David Currier; lived on the homestead: d. Aug., 1861, a. 85. 2. Samuel, m. Catharine J., dau. of Lt. Josiah Underhill ; lived on No. 69, d. 1808. 3. Martha, m. David Hall, d. 1861. a. 83. 4. Elizabeth, m. Jesse J. Underhill. 5. Jane, m. John Hall, went to Vt.
II. James, m. a Carr, had, -1. Margaret. m. James McMurphy ; m. (2) Jane McMurphy. Children : - 2. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Anderson, d. 1854, a. 70. 3. Alexander, went to Lebanon. 4. John, lived in Chester and Atkinson. 5. Mary, d. 1856, a 76. 6. Sarah, m. David Porter, d. 1851, a. 67. James d. April 14, 1785. The wid. m. Samuel Crombie.
IH. David, m. Mary Kennedy, granddaughter of David Dins- more's wife : settled on the northwest end of Gov. Wentworth's 250 acres, since occupied by Remic, Jesse Patten, and Albert Pratt; had: - Mary; Jane; Elizabeth, m. John Wharf, 1807; Catharine, m. Robert Wason. David d. June 5, 1790. The wid. m. William Crombie, went to Maine.
WILLIAM, Sen., had six daughters. One. m. James Graham, son of Robert, went to Deering; one. m. Benjamin Crosett, went to the Mohawk country; Sarah, m. John McMurphy, of London- derry ; Jane, m. James, son of John Waddel, of Londonderry, d. 1803; Margaret, m. Samnel Shirley, d. 1793; Martha, m. Samuel, son of James Aiken, d. 1850, a. 86.
GREENOUGH.
DANIEL GREENOUGH was a hatter; m. Huldah Smith, wid. of John Barley, 1783. Children: - David, d. in the East Indies; Hannah; Smith, b. 1788, m. Sally, dan. of Moses Underhill, d. Feb. 19, 1819; Mary; William; Sally, b. 1805.
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GRIFFIN.
The Griffins were of Kensington. The first who settled in Ches- ter, PHILIP (I think), settled at the back part of Chase's plain, near the southeast corner of No. 39, 2d P., 2d D., and some of the family were buried there. Jacob settled on No. 36, 2d P., 2d D., a little below where the road from Auburn crosses the road to ยท Candia. The cellar is yet open in French's pasture. Philip set- tled on the gore between the O. H. and 2d P., 2d D., where John B. Rand lived. He had a son John, whose family was for a long period a heavy expense to the town. Obadiah settled on No. 120, O. II.
RICHARD GRIFFIN was the son of Isaac Griffin, of Kensington. He mn. Sally Batchelder, of Hawke, and lived in Sandown and Weare, and was a soldier in the Revolution.
Nathan, b. Oct. 3, 1788, in Weare, and came to Chester April 1, 1810. He purchased a part of Calfe's amendment, and settled where Robert Calfe lived, near the old fulling-mill privilege. Ile In. Sally Evans, Jan. 23, 1820, who was b. at Springfield, N. H., March 18, 1795. He d. June 23, 1866. Children : -
Page S .; George G., who lives on the homestead and owns the Blanchard mills; French B. ; and Sebastian S.
HALL.
DEA. RICHARD HALL settled in Bradford, Mass, as early as 1073. His wife was Martha. He had six children, among whom were: - JOIIN, b. March 22, 1673, m. Mary Kimball, and lived in Methuen, and d. Nov. 12, 1763; JOSEPH, b. Feb. 19, 1680, and lived in Bradford.
JOHN HIALL had ten children, among whom was HENRY, b. Nov. 23, 1712, m. Joanna -, and settled at Hall's Village, in Chester, on H. L. No. 56, and had :-
I. Mary, b. Nov. 14, 1735, m. Thomas Chase, and went to Salisbury, N. H.
II. Dorothy, b. May 7, 1737. m. Abraham Fitts, and lived in Candia.
III. Caleb, b. Nov. 1, 1738, m. Mary Bradley; made a settle- ment in 1763, on the road leading by Pike Chase's in Auburn, about sixty rods from the main road, and afterwards on the hill where Henry Dockham now lives, No. 73, 2d P., 2d D. HIe d. Feb. 15, 1835. She d. April 6, 1822, a. 77. Children :-
1. Lydia, m. Joseph Brown, d. Dec. 15, 1790.
2. Molly, b. June, 1766, m. B. P. Chase; d. Dec. 18, 1790.
3. Anna.
4. Judith, d. unmarried.
Nathan Griffin
Sally Griffin
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5. David, b. Aug. 7, 1774, m. Martha Graham, dau. of Deacon John Graham. Ifc d. 1842; she d. May 1, 1861.
6. Moses, b. June 7, 1782, m. Mary Orr; lived on the William Craige place ; d. 1856.
7. Elijah, b. July 22, 1784, m. Lydia Smith, 1809; d. 1855.
8. Isaac, b. Sept. 20, 1788, m. Lucy Palmer; m. (2) Anna Wason, widow of Jesse Witherspoon. He. d. Oct. 10, 1868.
It is related that when living in the old house, as Mrs. Hall sat rocking the cradle, a bear came in at one door, and passing through the room, went out at another. It is also related by Isaac Hall, that while his father was in the army, in 1775, his mother tended the grist-mill enough to bread her family of five children and purchase a case of drawers, which he owned.
IV. Henry, b. May 30, 1740, m. a Bradley and settled in Candia ; removed to Rumney.
V. Joanna, b. May 17, 1742.
VI. Obededom, b. Dec. 1, 1744, m. Mary Kimball of Hamp- stead, Dec. 27, 1764; settled on No. 19, 3d D., in Candia, about that time, and was the first settler in the northwesterly part of the town. It is related of his wife, that once when her husband was sick or lame, she threshed a grist of rye and caught and sad- dled the horse, and rode upon his back to Trickling Falls, East Kingston, about twenty-five miles, to mill. They had twelve children. IIc d. Sept. 8, 1805. She d. Dec. 25, 1799.
VII. Judith, b. Oct. 4, 1746.
VIII. Peter, b. June 9, 1751, m. Lois Atwood; lived with his father, and had ten children, of whom Henry and Moses still sur- vive, living at Hall's Village, in Chester. Children :-
David, d. young. Anna, b. 1778, m. Joseph Currier; d. 1865. Peter, b. 1780, m. Sally Burpee; lived in Candia; d. 1862. John, b. June 16, 1782, m. Hannah, dan. of Nathl. Ingalls; d. 1860; she d. 1868. Joseph, d. young. Joseph, b. 1786, m. Mary, dau. of Col. Moses Dustin, and m. (2) Mary Knowles; he d. Oct. 11, 1829; the wid. m. Joseph Knowles. Henry, b. 1788, m. Lydia Marston; lives on thejhomestead. Lois, m. Jolin Proctor, 1828. Lucy, unm., d. Oct., 1829. Moses, m. Mary Cochran; lives at Hall's Village.
JOIIN HALL'S youngest son was JOSHUA, b. Dec. 11, 1724, m. Deborah Ethridge, Sept. 12, 1750. She was a granddaughter of John Calef, and sister of the wife of Robert Ambrose, of Con- cord. John Hall, of Methinen, gave to his son Joshua, of Chester, 25 acres of No. 129, O. II., on which he settled, where George S. Smith now lives. He d. Jan., 1794. She d. Jan. 1, 1801. Chil- dren :-
1. Sarah, b. 1753, m. Matthias Haynes; went to Moulton- borough.
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2. Reuben, m. Betsy Hook, lived in Chester; d. 1826.
3. Moses K., b. Jan. 25, 1758, m. Lucretia Currier, dau of Capt. Benjamin Currier. He d. Aug. 18, 1837. She d. Aug. 17. 1861. Chil: - Hannah, m. Benjamin Chase; Charlotte, unm. ; Sarah, m. Isaac Howe; Kimball, m. Sophia Emerson, d. 1854.
4. Josiah, went to parts unknown.
5. Joshua, b. 1762, m. Polly, dau. of Joseph Morse. He d. 1845; she d. 1856.
6. Jesse, b. 1764, m. Polly, dau. of Wilkes West ; lived in Campton.
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7. William, d. in the army. 8. Darid, unmarried.
9. John, in. Nancy Brown, went to Tuftonborough.
10. Elizabeth, mn. Jonathan Bagley, went to Maine.
JOSEPH HIALL, son of Dea. Richard, b. Feb. 9, 1680, m. Sarah -, had eight or nine children, among whom was JJONA- THAN, b. Aug. 15, 1716, m. Mehitabel Kimball, about 1740; re- moved to Chester; settled on Add. No. 46, where Daniel Porter lately lived, and had eight children :-
1. Betty, b. March 28, 1742, m. Dea. Joseph Dearborn, and went to Rumney.
2. Susan, b. Feb. 10, 1713, m. Walter Robie, and settled in Candia. She d. Oct. 2, 1821.
3. Jonathan, b. Dec. 8, 1745, m. Hannah Butterfield, settled in Rummey.
4. Josiah, b. Oct. 7, 1747, m. Ruth French, dau. of Maj. Jabez French : settled at the Long Meadows, where his grandson, John M. Hall, now lives; d. Sept. 10, 1825.
5. Mehitabel, b. June 15, 1749, m. Jolm Robie; settled in Candia; d. July 5, 1832.
6. Joseph, b. Jan 31, 1752, m. Ruth Harriman ; lived on a part of his father's farm, where J. W. Chase now lives; d. Dec. 18, 1832.
7. Benjamin, (Maj.) b. Sept. 4, 1756, m. Nabbe, dau. of Samuel Emerson, Esq., and lived with his father; d. May 23, 1800.
8. Priscilla, b. April 4, 1760, m. Francis Porter, of Salem, Mass.
. Dea. Jonathan Hall d. July 2, 1809. His wife d. Feb. 21, 1808.
Joseph Hall, son of Dea. Richard, had also NATHANIEL, or, as on the Bradford records, "Nathan," b. April 2, 1719, m. Mary -; settled in Chester, on Add. No. 63, where Jonathan Bailey lately lived. Children :-
1. Mary, b. July 17, 1744, m. Barnard Bricket : lived in Chester.
2. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 20, 1746, m. Nelly Merrill; went to Goshen.
3. David, b. Dec. 11, 1749, m. Judith, dau. of Winthrop Sar- gent, March 8, 1781; lived on the homestead.
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4. Obadiah, b. May 13, 1752, m. Sarah Stickney.
5. Sarah. b. June 22, 1757, m. Peter Severance.
6. Eleanor, b. June 29, 1759, in. Col. Simon Towle May 13, 1779; lived in Chester and Haverhill, N. H.
NATHANIEL d. April 5, 1803. Mary d. June 23, 1809.
THOMAS HALL and " MARCEY," his wife, came from Ireland to Londonderry. It is related of him that he undertook to fell a tree, and not understanding it, he cut all around it, and when it began to fall he ran, but the wrong way, and it fell on him and killed him. He had a son John, m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Dickey, Jan. 4, 1741. He was an early settler of Derryfield. Thomas Smith sold to John Hall, of Chester, a lot in Bare Meadow, in 1744, and Thomas Hall, of Chester, bought of James Adams, No. 6, 4th D., in 1745. John, and perhaps his father with him, settled on No. 15, just below Manchester Centre. He was an innkeeper, and the place has been occupied for a public house until within a few years, when the house was burned. He was active in procuring the charter of Derryfield, and at a town- meeting, Nov. 25, 1751, John Goffe, William McClento and Wil- liam Perham were chosen a committee to examine his accounts and allow what they thought right, who reported that what he had expended in time and money, at a reasonable or rather moderate allowance, amounts to the sum of two hundred pounds, old tenor. He was chosen the first town clerk, and held the office several years. The orthography and grammar of his records are a curiosity. Children :-
Janet, b. Nov. 6, 1742. Daniel, b. July 28. 1744. Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1747. Thomas, b. Nov. 6, 1748. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1750. Marcy, b. Ang. 12, 1752. Sarah, b. Jan., 1755. John, b. Sept. 22, 1758. Martha, b. April, 1760. William, b. Sept. 28, 1762.
HARRIMAN.
JAZAEL HARRIMAN lived on No. 123, 2d P., 2d D., about half way from the pond to the mills. and had a dau. Sarah, m. Robert Mckinley; Mercy, m. David Carr, went to Piermont.
LABAN HARRIMAN came from Hampstead, and lived above the Head tavern, in Hooksett, towards Suncook, a few years, about 1780, and went back to Hampsteed, and his brother, RUFUS HAR- RIMAN, took his place, and in a few years sold and went to Corinth.
HASELTINE.
The Haseltines were of that part of Rowley now Bradford.
JOIN and JEAN had Samuel, b. Dec. 20, 1645; Mary, b. Sept. 10, 1648; Nathaniel, b. Feb. 7, 1656.
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ROBERT and ANN had, - Anne, b. Feb. 1, 1641; Mary, 1642; Mary, 1646; Abraham, b. March 23, 1648; Deliverance, 1650; Elizabeth, 1653; Robert, 1657; Gershom, 1662.
Abraham and Elizabeth had, - Mary, 1672; Robert, 1676; RICHARD, the grantee of Chester, b. Nov. 13, 1679.
RICIIARD, m. Elizabeth Chadwick, Jan. 14, 1702-3. Chil- dren : -
I. EPHRAIM, b. Sept. 23, 1703; II. RICHARD, b. Aug. 18, 1705; III. THOMAS, b. March 18, 1707; IV. JOHN, b. Nov. 22, 1708; V. MARY, b. Feb. 7, 1710-11; VI. ABIGAIL, b. April 15, 1715; VII and VIII. WILLIAM and JAMES, twins, b. July 20, 1729.
I. EPHRAIM probably came to Chester as early as 1727. He was chosen lot-layer in 1728. He was m. to Ruth, dau. of Capt. Samuel Ingalls, by the Rev. Mr. Wilson, 1735, and settled on Add. No. 2, a little back of where his great-grandson, John A. Hasel- ton, now lives. His will was proved July 30, 1772. Children: -
1. John, b. June 9, 1736, m. Anna Dearborn and Hannah Chase.
2. Peter, b. April 29, 1738, m. Molly French and IJannah Hoit, had no children. Lived where Samnel H. lived. Ile d. March 22,1807.
3. Mary, b. May 2, 1740, m. Simon Bailey, who lived in Ches- ter, and was many years sealer of leather. Moved to Dunbarton.
4. Richard, b. Oct. 2, 1742, m. Lucy Cross.
5. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1745, m. her cousin Samuel, son of John.
6. Susannah, b. Jan. 31, 1748, m. Nathan Merril, of Poplin; d. Sept. 21, 1828.
7. Ruth, b. May 8, 1750, d. unmarried, Sept. 20, 1800.
8. Hannah, b. March 15, 1754, d. young.
9. Ephraim, b. June 21, 1759, unmarried.
10. Hannah, b. June 18, 1760, m. Dea. E. H. Kelley, d. Jan., 1805.
1. John Haseltine, son of EPHRAIM, m. Anna, dau. of Peter Dearborn, Feb. 1, 1764. She d. Nov. 29, 1780. Children : -
1. Sarah, b. Sept. 27, 1766, m. Stephen Clay, son of John Clay, of Candia. She d. March, 1846. He m. (2) Hannah Chase, dau. of Johnson Chase, March 21, 1782.
2. John, b. Jan. 1, 1783, m. Mary Wells, Sept. 3, 1823, d. 1867.
3. Mary, b. July 18, 1784, m. John Wells, and a Davis.
4. Samuel, b. June 15, 1786, m. Abigail Tabor, d. Jan., 1869.
5. William. b. May 5, 1789, m. Mercy J. Cochran, March 4, 1822. Lived on the old E. Haseltine place; d. March, 1864.
6. Hannah, b. Aug. 4, 1791.
7. Eunice, b. Ang. 15, 1794, m. Nath. Lane.
8. Ephraim, b. Nov. 9, 1797, d. 1803.
9. Ruth, b. Nov. 10, 1800, m. - Clark.
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John Haseltine d. June 27, 1815. Hannah d. July, 1826.
4. Dea. Richard, son of EPHRAIM, In. Lucy Cross, of Bradford. Lived on the Capt. Ingalls place, and bought the grist-mill in 1779. He d. Jan., 1819. Children : -
1. Sarah, b. Oct. 15, 1773, m. Renben Wells, d. Oct. 16, 1840.
2. Ephraim, b. Jan. 27, 1775.
3. Richard, b. Oct. 26, 1776.
4. Mary, b. April 18, 1778, m. Samuel Dodge, d. 1806.
5. Ruth, b. Aug. 29, 1780, m. Philip Wells, d. Feb. 20, 1854.
6. Peter, b. March 20, 1783, m. Susanna B. Robinson, March 20, 1810. He d. March 14, 1868; she d. March 22, 1868.
7. Thomas, b. Ang. 4, 1785, m. Elizabeth Sanborn, Nov. 22, 1810. Lived at the mill; d. Sept. 4, 1846. She d. Sept. 10, 1843. Their children who survived, -Capt. Amos, (lives on the home- stead) and John N., carry on making pails, boxes, &c., at the "Falls on the Great Brook" (see Mills) ; Susan D., m. Ephraim Orcutt; Nathan S. (see Graduates).
HII. THOMAS HASELTINE, son of the grantee, came to Chester about the same time that Ephraim did. Dec. 28, 1730, the wid. of the Rev. Theo. Cotton conveyed to Ephraim and Thomas II., of Chester, the 46th H. L., on condition of settlement. He m. Joanna Hills, dau. of Benjamin Hills, Sen., May 8, 1738. Chil- dren : -
1. Abigail, b. Feb. 18, 1739, m. Jabez Hoit, Esq., of Chester, d. 1817.
2. Rebecca, b. Nov. 6, 1741, m. a Coffin, went to New Boston.
3. Thomas, b. May 22, 1744.
4. Moses, b. Feb. 18, 1745, m. Bridget French.
5. Benjamin, b. Aug. 15, 1752, m. Susanna Richardson.
6. Joanna, b. Oct. 24, 1757, m. David Bartlett, of Campton. Thomas settled on HI. L. No. 73, where Z. Shirley now lives.
4. Moses m. Bridget French, June 1, 1775. Lived on the home- stead; d. Aug. 19, 1807. She d. June 27, 1808. Children : -
1. Thomas, b. March 23, 1776, m. Lucretia Hill, June 26, 1800.
2. Peter, b. Oct. 26, 1779, d. 1800.
3. Moses, b. March 24, 1782, m. Sarah Ayer; she b. April 8, 1784. Lived on the Benaiah Colby place; d. Aug. 9, 1862.
4. Josiah, b. Dec. 18, 1784, m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. John Emer- son, April 13, 1809, d. June 25, 1840.
5. Benjamin Haseltine m. Susanna Richardson, dau. of Thomas Richardson, Oct., 1779. Lived on H. L. No. 68, where Parker Morse now lives. Moved to Orford. Children : -
Pearson; Amos; Anna; Benjamin, b. Feb. 1, 1786; Susanna; James, b. Aug. 4, 1790; Priscilla; and Betsey.
IV. JOHN HASELTINE, son of the grantee, came early to Chester,
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m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Samuel Ingalls, and lived near where Ed- win Haseltine now lives. Children : -
1. Samuel, b. June 28, 1740, m. his cousin Elizabeth.
2. Mary, b. Nov. 23, 1741.
3. John, b. Feb. 14, 1743, d. young.
4. Eben, b. May 3, 1747.
5. James, b. March 27, 1750.
6. Bille, b. March 10, 1751.
7. Sarah. b. March 20, 1754.
8. John, b. Nov. 8, 1756, m. Rebecca Barton, Nov. 15, 1781.
John, Sen., d .; administration to Mary, Sept., 1759. IIis wid. m. a Hall, of Bradford, and the younger children went with her.
1. Samuel m. Elizabeth, Dec. 17, 1767, lived on the homestead. Children: - John, b. July 14, 1771; Mary; Elizabeth; Samuel; Hannah, b. June 20, 1780. The family moved to Corinth.
8. John m. Rebecca Barton, lived in Bradford, and d. 1837. Children : - Abigail, b. March 15, 1788, who was preceptress of Bradford Academy, still living; Nancy, b. Dec. 2, 1789, m. Dr. Judson, one of the first missionaries to Burmah; Mary, still liv- ing in Bradford.
HEAD.
JOIIN and NATHANIEL HEAD, brothers, came from Wales, and settled in Bradford, Mass., and both subsequently removed to Pembroke. NATHANIEL had three sons: NATHANIEL, born in Bradford, Mass., March 6, 1754; JAMES and RICHARD. JAMES settled in Conway, where he died. RICHARD, the youngest, died in Bradford, Mass. It is related of NATHANIEL, that when a young man, he paid his addresses to a Scotch-Irish girl by the name of Knox, to whom it seems his father had taken an aver- sion, probably on account of her parentage. As the boy was driving the oxen for his father to plow, the following conver- sation is said to have taken place: " Nathaniel, do you intend to marry that Irish girl?" "Yes, father." was the reply. ". Then understand you can never share in my property." "Very well." said the son, "I will take care of myself:" and suiting the action to the word, he dropped the goad-stick and left his father's home. Ile afterwards married the young lady in ques- tion, Anna Knox, daughter of Timothy Knox, of Pembroke, b. Dec. 30, 1753. Ile came to Chester about 1780, and built a log house on the same spot where his grandson Natt now lives, where he remained until his death. His father, true to his threat, gave him in his will one dollar, and the rest to his brothers. He was an energetic business man, and successful in the accumulation of property. He was a captain in the Revolution. (See Adj .- General's Report, 1866, Vol. 2, p. 364.) He d. Oct. 24, 1829, a. 75; Anna d. Feb. 3, 1821. Children :-
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1. Samuel, b. July 5, 1778, m. Sarah, dan. of Dr. Thomas Sargent, b. June 21, 1784; resided at the place known as the Head Tavern until his death, and was celebrated as an innkeeper. He d. Sept. 29, 1854; she d. Nov. 6, 1854. Their sons, Thomas N. and Samuel, now reside in Hooksett.
2. Richard, b. June 9, 1780, m. Sally Dolloff of Epsom; lived on the farm adjoining Samuel's. He d. Sept 10, 1831.
3. Polly, b. June 10, 1782, m. Thomas Cochran, of Pembroke; d. Sept. 2, 1819.
4. John, b. Jan. 10, 1784; d. May 13, 1788, a. 4.
5. Nathaniel, b. June 22, 1786, m. Lydia, dau. of Capt. John Wason, of Candia. He d. in Sanbornton, Feb. 6, 1831, leaving two children, John C. Head, now residing in Manchester, and Mrs. Levi Sargent, in Plattsburg, N. Y., where the widow now resides with her.
6. Nancy, b. Dec. 2, 1788, d. Jan. 5, 1834.
7. Col. John Head, b. May 30, 1791; m. Anna Brown, of Ches- ter, b. Sept. 26, 1791, d. April 3, 1849. He remained at the old homestead until his death, Ang. 7, 1835. He left five children :- Hannah A., wife of Col. Josiah Stephens, Jr., of Concord; Sally B., wife of Hall B. Emery, of Pembroke, d. 1868; Natt, Adjutant- General of New Hampshire; William F., who now resides upon the old farm in Hooksett; and John A., resides in Iowa.
8. Betsey, b. July 1, 1794, d. Oct. 20, 1795.
9. Margaret, b. Dec. 10, 1796, m. Isaac C. Otterson of Hooksett; d. Dec. 30, 1866.
HEALEY.
WILLIAM HEALEY was a grantee, and was the son of Samuel Healey, of that part of Hampton now Hampton Falls, and grand- son of William Healey of Cambridge. He was b. Jan. 29, 1689- 90; m. Mary, dau. of Benjamin Sanborn, 1715. He came to Chester about 1728, and settled on his home lot No. 7, since owned by Toppan Webster, Timothy Dexter, and now by Ephraim Orcutt. His will was dated 1767; proved 1772. Children :-
1. Phebe, b. Oct. 18, 1716, m. Winthrop Sargent; d. Nov. 9, 1806.
2. Joanna, b. July 20, 1718, m. Capt. John Underhill; d. 1809.
3. Samuel, b. 1720, m. Abigail.
4. Mary, b. 1722, m. Isaac Clifford; went to Rumney.
5. Dorothy, b. 1724, m. Winthrop Wells, son of Thomas; first settled in Candia, then in Plymouth.
6. Sarah, b. 1626, m. a Clifford, of Kingston.
[These were born at Hampton Falls.]
7. Paul, b. Jan. 8, 1729.
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HISTORY OF CHESTER.
8. Hannah, m. Wm. Preston, Jr .; lived in Chester, and moved to Plymouth.
WILLIAM HEALEY deeded to his son Samuel his O. II. No. 110, in 1743, on which he settled. He sold 25 acres of the southwest corner to Isaac Clifford, of Kingston, in 1745. Samuel sold the residue of the lot to Simon Batchelder, in 1765.
Samuel's children were :- William Smith, b. 1745; Sarah; Sam- uel, b. 1749; Lydia; Jona., d. young; Elizabeth and Abigail, d. young. By a second wife : - Flanders; Benjamin, b. 1760; Jona- than and Elizabeth.
7. Paul lived on the homestead. William Healey and Paul Healey sold to Nathl. Blasdell a quarter of an acre of land, on which he built a store in 1759. Paul Healey and Abigail sold to Dr. Thomas Sargent the southeast half of the lot in 1785. The other half was probably sold to Edward Robie and wife; for Dr. Sargent and wife and Edward Robie and wife sold to Toppan Webster an acre and a half, on which the house was built in 1788. Paul Healey and Paul, Jr., were taxed in Chester in 1785. Wil- liam Healey owned II. L. 133 in 1766, and Paul Healey, Jr., set- tled on it, and sold to Edward Robie, where his grandson John Robie now lives. It is said that they went to Dunbarton. It is said that Mary, the wife of WILLIAM, lived to be one hundred years old. If she d. in Chester, would not be more than ninety- five.
HEATII.
ELIJAH HEATH m. Hannah, dau. of Lt. Ebenezer Dearborn, and settled on Add. No. 57, where Samuel Hall now lives; adminis- tration to Hannah, May, 1776. Children :-
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