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11. Abigail, b. Dec. 22, 1798, m. John, son of Reuben Fitts, of Candia.
LINN.
NATHANIEL LINN of Dover, laborer, bought land in Canterbury in 1735. When he came to Chester is uncertain. He settled on Gov. Wentworth's farm of 200 acres. He had: -
1. Joseph, m. Molly, dau. of William Gilchrist; lived on the homestead. Joseph d. 1823, a. 82; Molly d. 1822. Children : -
Nancy, m. John Witherspoon; Lucy, m. John, son of David Underhill; Nathaniel W., m. Ruth, dau. of Archie McDuffee; and I think there were other daughters.
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2. Agnes, m. Capt. David Witherspoon.
3. Molly, m. James Calder.
The wife of Nathl. Linn, Sen., d. 1799.
LEATCH.
WILLIAM LEATCH was of Londonderry in 1738; is first found on Chester records in 1742. He settled on lot No. 75, 2d P., 2d D., near the shore of the pond. He was called Deacon in 1776. He had one son, Capt. William, m. Molly, dau. of Hugh Crombie, who had a large family; all left town but William, m. Polly, dau. of Nathl. Martin.
LUNT.
HENRY LUNT purchased, probably of Robert Crawford, the grist-mill " on the great brook at the lower falls" (Haselton's), and owned it several years; d. 1761.
LOCKE.
CAPT. WILLIAM LOCKE was a son of Jonathan Locke of Rye; m. Christiana Paine, sister of Joseph Knowles' wife. Ilis father in 1761 purchased the right of John Calfe, including the 2d P., 2d D., and all subsequent divisions. William settled near the centre of No. 12, 2d P., 2d D .. on the road from Charles Moore's, · by James McClure's, to the road to the " Branch." He. d. Nov. 16. 1825, a. 87. She d. 1800. Children : -
1. Mary, m. Capt. Benj. True, d. Nov. 13, 1839, a. 71.
2. Abigail, m. James Tucker and went to Andover, N. HI.
3. John, mn. Eleanor Tucker and lived on the homestead. He d. June 13, 1846, a. 81; she d. Feb. 16, 1821, a. 53.
4. Margaret. m. Capt. William Moore; d. March 29, 1844.
5. Dolly, b. June 9, 1780; m. (1) Josiah, son of Charles Moore, Jr .; m. (2) Thomas Shannon ; alive 1868.
6. Hannah, d. unmarried.
LONG.
NATITAN LONG was surveyor of highways in 1747. He settled on Add. lot No. 99; m. Naomi Eastman, Sept. 19, 1748. He d. Jan. 6, 1768. The widow m. John Robie, but soon left him; she d. July 18, 1821, a. 93. Children : -
1. Benjamin, b. 1750; m. Mary, dau. of Enoch Colby, and went to Schenectady, N. Y.
2. Joseph, b. Sept. 18, 1752; m. Judith, dau. of Enoch Colby ; d. Nov. 26, 1836; lived on the homestead. Children : -
Nathan, m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Stephen Hills. Enoch, m. Polly, dau. of James Moore; lived on the homestead and in the Greenough house. Sally, d. unmarried.
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4. Nathan, b. Nov. 19, 1764; lived at Amesbury ; was father of Rev. J. A. E. Long, who d. at Hooksett, May 3, 1846, a. 65.
LUFKIN.
STEPHEN LUFKIN was a mariner, and came from Massachusetts, and bought of Moses Marshall the west half of Add. lot No. 40; m. Sarah Choate. He d. July 9, 1803; she d. 1788. Children: -
1. Elizabeth, b. 1755.
2. Stephen, b. 1759; d. young.
3. Abigail, m. Benaiah Lane; d. in Chester.
4. David.
5. Sarah, m. a Forsaith, and moved into the country.
6. Rachael, b. 1771; m. Moses, son of Capt. John Underhill.
7. Susannah, b. 1773; m. John, son of Ebenezer Dearborn, and went to Corinth.
8. Humphrey, b. March 5, 1775; m. Lois March, lived on the homestead; d. June 19, 1842.
9. Polly, b. 1777 ; m. a Mudgett and went to Weare.
10. Nehemiah, b. April 14, 1780; m. Rachael Currier and lived with Joseph Hills on Add. lot No. 49; d. May 15, 1864. She d. 1857.
11. Ruth, m. an Eastman and went to Corinth.
12. Stephen, was lost at sea.
13. Jacob, b. 1787 ; in. a Farrar and was a mariner.
MARTIN.
When the road to Martin's Ferry was laid out in 1776, it erossed land owned by " several of the Martins."
DANIEL MARTIN lived near, and kept the ferry; sometimes, it is said, sitting in the house and permitting his wife to row people across the river. He had a son Ensign Joshua, who lived at the intersection of the White Hall road with Londonderry turnpike. He had a large family.
NATHANIEL MARTIN came from Pembroke and bought No. 84, 4th D., about 1780; built on the old road, a little west of the turn- pike. He was a tanner, and was always called " Tanner Martin." He m. Jane Green. Children :-
William, went to Maine. Betty, m. a Favour, of Hill. Robert, b. July, 1778, m. Margaret McDuffec, d. at Auburn, Dec. 25, 1865; she d. 1868. Samuel, went to Maine. James; m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. John.Wason, d. in Ohio. Hannah, m. Edward Ray. Polly, m. William Leatch, d. at Auburn, 1867. John, Dudley and Abigail, went to Maine. Isaac, d. in Chester, unm.
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MARDEN.
STEPHEN MARDEN lived on No. 14, 2d P. 2d. D., where Thomas Fernald once lived, and where Thomas Lane now lives. He was a petitioner for Raymond; his wife was Elizabeth; they had nine children recorded from 1760 to 1781, of whom nothing is known. The widow was taxed in 1785.
GEORGE MARDEN was b. at Rye, Jan. 29, 1741; Sarah Webster, his wife, b. April 12, 1745; he d. Feb. 22, 1826; she d. Sept. 27, 1835. They came to Chester and settled on No. 123, O. II. Chil- dren :-
James, b. Oct. 17, 1769, went to Palermo, Me., and m. there.
Sarah, b. 1771, in. a Muggridge.
Mary, b. 1772, m. Geo. Carr, went to Corinth.
Elizabeth, b. 1775, m. Jonathan, son of Jacob Basford, went to Belfast.
Abigail, b. May 18, 1777, m. Asa, son of Joshua Prescott, lived in Chester and Piermont.
Josiah, b. 1779, m. IIannah Webster, lived in Rye.
Ebenezer, b. Jan. 22, 1781, m. Nancy, dau. of Benaiah Colby, Jr., lived on the homestead.
George, b. 1782, went to Palermo, m. there.
Nancy, b. 1790, m. Joshua, son of Dominicus Prescott, went to Washington, Vt.
MARSHAL.
MOSES MARSHAL Was an early, if not the first, settler on the West half of Add. lot No. 40. He lived there in 1759 and in 1768. He was a cabinet-maker; sold to Stephen Lufkin, and went to Deerfield.
MCCLENTO.
The first settlement in Derryfield was by William Perham, Archibald Stark, McNeil and others, about 1736. The first in that part of Chester was by WILLIAM and MICHAEL MCCLENTO. MICHAEL was in Londonderry and bought land there in 1731, and 1733. He is in Chester in 1744. William McClento of Kingstown bought of Thomas Packer of Dracut, 1 lot in the 3d range in " Tyngstown," in June, 1739. So they probably settled there under a claim from Tyngstown, about 1740. But so far as Chester was concerned, they were squatters.
The Proprietors sued them, and a verdict was rendered in favor of the defendants, Dec. 8, 1743, and appealed. The land on which they settled was not lotted until 1745. They came up from Londonderry on foot with their effects. It is said by some that
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Michael settled on No. 1, 4th D., near where the present road to Webster Mill leaves the Derry road; but Samuel Gamble (who is most probably right,) says that he lived on No. 133, where the brick house now stands. William with his pack, and his wife with a " bairn " in her arms, forded the brook some distance be- low the present road, with the water to their " haunches," and erected a hut near the river, but afterwards built at the Huse place, on lot No. 4. William's wife was Agnes. They had :-
William, Jr., m. Ogilbe, 1765.
John, m. Christian McNeal, 1768.
Mary, m. David 'Starret, son of William and Mary, Oct. 28, 1760, and had 7 children.
Alexander, m. Janet Gambel, dau. of Wm. and Elizabeth, 1760.
Janet. m. John Dickey, son of David and Isabella, Feb. 26, 1760. David Starret sold the place to Isaac Huse, about 1780, and went to Francestown.
MICHAEL MCCLENTO had a daughter Nancy. He used to buy thread and perhaps fine linen cloth, and he and his daughter would take each a pack, and carry it to Boston to sell, taking from four to six days, and sometimes netting them three pounds.
Nancy m. Alexander Arwin, who had a hut near the river, further down, and was famous for telling fortunes. It is said that Arwin would take a bag of ashes on a handsled, and go down to Dea. Pinkerton's to replenish his stock of rum and tobac- co. The McClentos signed the petition for soldiers in 1748.
McCLALLON.
JOHN MCCLALLON is named in 1751 in the return of a road, and JOSEPH in 1765, in an alteration. They were probably father and son, and lived on No. 13, 2d P. 2d D., on the road to the Branch, below the Locke house (Dennis's), near where Pollard's steam mill now is. Joseph had a dau. Sally, m. Capt. Abraham Towle, d. 1814.
MCCLURE.
JAMES MCCLURE of Londonderry bought Add. lot No. 109, in 1736, and settled on it on the road from Wilbur's to the Locke place. n 1747 an inquest was hell on his body; verdict, death by misfortune (killed by felling a tree).
DAVID MCCLURE, it is said by Eaton's History of Candia, p. 89, came from Edinburgh, or vicinity, about 1720. His marriage to Mirtha Glen (sister to Thomas) " ten years after, on the 11th of June, was the first nuptial ceremony performed by the Rev. Dr. Morehead, after his ordination as Pastor of the first Presbyterian, now Federal Street church [Boston]. Most of the children were
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there born and baptized." May 17, 1744, he purchased the west half of No. 17, 2d P. 2d D., and built a house some distance west of the present house where Frederick Wason now lives. there then being no road laid out. After John Knowles purchased, he moved it to the present location and it is in the present house. In 1748 he and his son David signed the petition for soldiers to defend them from the Indians. It is said that the wife was a very energetic and courageous woman; that when an attack from the Indians was expected, and the men absent, she stood sentry, gun in hand, and the Indians came, but left without making an attack. He sold his place to John Knowles, Jr., of Rye, Nov. 22, 1749, and bought No. 30, 2d P. 2d D. He built a log house near the centre of the lot. In 1753 he deeded the north half of his lot to his son David, who sold to Thos. Patten. It has been supposed that he was the first settler in Candia, but it is doubtful whether William Turner was not earlier. Ile perished in a snow storm in return- ing from a visit to a daughter in Raymond. Administration on his estate, May, 1762. Chil .:- Darid; James; Martha, m. James Miller; Mary, m. Thomas Patten, 1752, d. 1815.
McDUFFEE.
DANIEL McDUFFEE was one of the original grantees of Lon- donderry and in the settlement of the Province line in 1741, there was said to be cut off from Haverhill, Daniel Mackafec, Hugh Macaffee and John Macaffee; the two latter were sons of the former.
DANIEL lived on the Daniel Kimball place in Derry, and was a blacksmith. He and his wife, Ruth, came from Ireland. In 1748 he gave to his son John half of his farm "joining Rev. David MeGregor's," but it is said that John and his brother Daniel after- wards went to Bradford, Vermont. In 1737 Daniel bought No. 89, 2d P., 2d D., and in 1741 was taxed for a mill. It was a corn- mill, and stood near the southwest corner of the lot. In 1741 he gave his " dear brother Archibald " one-half of the lot; and his name was on the inventory of that year. He lived where Thomas Fowler lived, and nothing further is known of him. In 1744 he gave to his son Hugh, as his portion of his estate, all that part of No. 89, west of the brook and meadows; together with his corn-mill, reserving the right to build a saw-mill there if he chose, which probably was never done. The deed was witnessed by Samuel Macaffee. Children: -
I. Hugh had :-
1. John, who once owned the Manter mill in Londonderry, but fell through a place for turning the runner in the Chester mill, and broke his neck.
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2. James, lived on the homestead and had Hazen, Thomas, John, and Martha, who m. Dudley C. Sweate. He d. 1804.
3. Betty, m. Samuel Shirley, d. 1843, a. 80.
4. Anna, non compos, and was a long time a pauper. Hugh d. April, 1802.
II. Mansfield, served in the Revolutionary army, and after his return m. Sarah Coburn, the wid. of Thomas Currier, in 1787, and lived on No. 88, 2d P., 2d D., where Daniel Ball lately lived. They had no children. but made Eben Currier his heir. He d. April, 1815; she'd. 1835, a. 105. When nearly or quite 100 years old she would walk from her son's, near Hooksett line, to her daughter-in-law's, near the Worthen saw-mill, eleven miles in a day. On one occasion a person invited her to ride; she replied that she could not stop. and kept on her course.
In 1740 Daniel McDuffee bought of the proprietors for twenty- six pounds, bills of eredit, the east half of lot No. 88, 2d P., 2d D., on which he settled his son,-
III. Archibald. who lived near the northeast corner where Thomas Goldsmith now lives. IIe m. Sarah Emerson of Derry- field. He d. Feb. 23, 1830, a. 94; Sarah d. Dec. 29, 1818. a. 77. Children : -
1. Daniel, m. Ann, dan. of Samuel Shirley, and lived the last of his days on lot No. 91, 4th D .. on Tower Hill in Candia: had five sons, Hazen, Samuel. Archi., Daniel and David. He d. April 5, 1855, a. 84 years and 6 months; she d. Nov. 29, 1860, a. 85.
2. Archibald, b. April 13, 1771, d. Nov. 14. 1855; m. Sarah, dau. of Stephen Merril. Sept. 8, 1803; she b. Dee. 6, 1785; d. Sept. 29. 1856. They lived on the homestead. Children : -
Almira, b. Sept. 26. 1805. m. Rufus Forsaith ; d. 1839; Hiram, b. 1807, m. Mary Ann Wallace. d. 1856: Mahala, b. 1809, d. 1827: Esther, b. Ang. 23. 1811, m. Thomas Goldsmith, lives on the homestead; they have a son Charles Almond. b. June 29, 1846, now, 1868. an undergraduate of the Med. Dep. Harvard University: Amos. d. 1832: Mary Jane. d. 1847; Susan, d. 1839; Stephen Merril, b. Dec. 19, 1820. m. Hepsibah Pingree ; Harriet. b. Nov. 20. 1825, m. Nathan Goldsmith.
3. Charles, settled in Cabot, Vt.
Archibald had six daughters: Susa, m. James Shirley. Sarah, m. a Clark. Ruth, m. Nathl. W., son of Joseph Linn. Naomi, m. Edward P. Whidden of Auburn. Polly, m. McMurphy. Betsy, m. John, son of James Aiken, and a Hazelton of Manchester.
DANIEL, Sen .. had a dau. Ruth, m. William Brown, one of the brothers who settled near Suncook.
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MCFARLAND. 1
DANIEL MCFARLAND in 1738 bought Add. No. 128, and a ten- acre amendment on which he settled. His will was proved in 1761. Chil .: - Samuel, Isabel. Elizabeth, Hannah and Jerusha. Since owned by Anthony Morse, Peter Hills and G. W. Hook.
ANDREW MCFARLAND bought of Moses Tyler 70 acres with buildings, on the road from No. 2 school-house in Auburn to the Congregational church, lately owned by John Cross. Children :-
Jesse and John, once owned the Dea. Currier place, No. 123, 2d P., 2d D.
Moses, had a daughter who had her arm torn off by cider-mill nuts, Oct. 12, 1785.
James, lived on the northeast end of the 70 acres; m. wid. Ben- son; had AAndrew, b. 1780, d. 1814.
WALTER MCFARLAND probably lived in the east part of Lon- donderry, being one who was cut off from Haverhill in 1741. He bought of Samuel Emerson No. 16, 4th D, April. 1747, and prob- ably settled on it (lately the Hunt place). Ile was a petitioner for soldiers in 1748. His estate was settled by John Hall in 1748. Chil. : - Martha, Margaret and Joseph. It is said that Nathan Boid afterwards lived there.
There was a JAMES MCFARLAND who came from Scotland, who was called the fiddler and wearer; lived at the Long Meadows; first at the Dng Hill, between Anderson's and Severance's; then on the 100-acre school-lot, near where Richard S. Clark now lives. Went to Ryegate, Vt.
McFERSON-McFARTEN.
In the settlement of the Province line, in 1741. Paul Macfarten and James Macfarten were cut off from Haverhill. PAUL Mc- FERSON owned Add. lots No. 8 and 9. His name is on the Pres- byterian protest, Nov. 6, 1735; in 1741 a road was laid out at his request on the west side of No. 9. In 1742 he gave his son James 36 acres at the north end of these lots. and bounded it on John Webster (lot No. 7), and on 4 acres sold to William Turner. James m. Mary McNiel, and moved to New Boston, and had a son William, b. 1774. grad. Dart. 1797, and was a physician. In 1748 Paul deeded to Samuel McFerson the south end of these lots, with half the orchard and half the buildings.
In the will of William MeFerson, of Londonderry, dated 1743, JAMES MCFERSON, of Chester, and Samuel, and Elizabeth Young, are legatees. JAMES lived on Add. lot No. 18, back southwest of
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where Mr. Cooledge now lives, and the place was afterwards owned by Simeon Currier. In the inventory of Goffstown for 1772, are the names of James Ferson and James Ferson, Jr.
MCGEE. ·
THOMAS MCGEE was b. in Ireland. He first came to London- derry, and was a weaver. In 1735 he bought of James Wilson of Chester, the southwest half of Add. No. 14, with the privi- lege of passing on Wilson's half by Robert Mills' land, to the highway. Robert Mills' wife was his sister. About 1745 he re- moved to Colerain, Mass. This land, with the north end of the lot, was sold by Adam Morril to Hugh Shirley, in 1790, and is a part of the town farm.
MCMASTER.
WILLIAM and THOMAS MCMASTER settled on No. 101, 2d P., 2d D., in the Neck of the Pond; William where Joseph Brown now lives; and Thomas where Charles Spofford now lives. It is not known that William had any children. Thomas had a son Thomas, who lived a bachelor on the homestead, d. 1822, a. 72.
MCMURPHY.
ALEXANDER MCMURPHY, of Londonderry, m. Isabel, dau. of William and Jane Craige, of Chester. Children : -
1. James, brought up by his grandfather Craige, m. Margaret, dan. of James Graham, lived where the Hunting's now live, in Auburn, and in the Neck where Franklin Brown lives.
2. Jane, m. (1) James Graham; (2) Samuel Crombie.
MCKINLEY.
John McKinley m. Ann Craige, a sister of Robert, and came over with the Craiges, and stopped in Boston, where ROBERT was born, in 1737. At ten years of age Robert came to Chester to live with his uncle, who made him his heir. He m. Sarah Harriman, dau. of Jazael. Their children were, -
1. Margaret, m. Oliver Hill and lived in Belfast, Maine, and they were lost at sea.
2. . John, m. Dolly Johnson, lived at Belfast.
3. Thomas, d. at sea.
4. Ann, b. 1785, m. James Badger, who was lost at sea. She is alive, 1869.
5. Mary, m. Elisha Cole, Southbridge, Mass.
6. Sally, b. May 6, 1789, m. David Abbot, lived at Hooksett, Chester, and Windham; d. Jan. 30, 1869.
7. Elizabeth, m. Amos Adams, went west.
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8. Jane G., m. Elisha Andrews, went to Louisiana, d. Sept., 1868.
9. Robert, b. April 22, 1790, m. Grace Smith 1827, lived on the homestead; d. Ang. 11, 1845.
Ilis sons live in Auburn. Robert, Sen., d. Aug. 27, 1830, a. 93. Sarah, his wife, d. Dec. 19, 1845, a. 91.
MELVIN.
PATRICK MELVIN's name first appears on the records as signer of the Presbyterian protest of June 10, 1735, though probably he was in town earlier. He settled on HI. L. No. 29. Ilis wife was Mary. His will was proved April 28, 1759. The legatees were his wife Mary, Benjamin, Abraham, Elizabeth, Mary, John, and Jane. The widow was a remarkably smart woman, and kept house for Dea. Matthew Forsaith, and had a legacy in his will. She d. Oct. 1, 1795. Children :-
1. Benjamin, b. Dec. 9, 1733, m. Mehitabel, dau. of Samuel Bradley (who was killed by the Indians at Concord, Ang. 11, 1746), July 13, 1762. She was b. Dec. 27, 1745. The widow of Mr. Bradley m. Robert Calfe, of Chester. Benjamin Melvin d. Dec. 29, 1802. The widow m. Dea. John S. Dearborn; d. Feb. 14, 1825. Children :-
1. Anna, b. March 27, 1763, in. Lieut. Josiah Underhill, 1784, d. March 17, 1847.
2. Samuel, b. 1765, went to Me.
3. Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1767, m. James Orr, d. March 29, 1861.
4. Polly, b. 1770, m. Tarlton, d. 1824.
5. Benjamin, b. 1773, in. Betty, or Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham Sargent, went to Me.
6. John, b. Jan. 8, 1776, m. Susannah, dau. of Abraham Sar- gent, Nov. 13, 1800; lived on the homestead; d. June 11, 1814. The wid. m. Richard, son of Jona. Dearborn, d. 1868. Chil. :- Luther, b. 1801; John F .; Lydia R., m. David Currier; Thomas J., b. April 11, 1808, mn. Harriet Tenney, had a son, Charles T., grad. at Dartmouth, 1856. (See Graduates.)
7. Josiah, b. June 28, 1778, m. Sally, dau. of Joseph Blanchard, Esq., and lived in Chester and Maine.
8. Mehitabel, b. April 14, 1781; m. Hon. John Folsom; d. March 23, 1824.
9. William, b. 1783; went south.
10. Richard, b. Feb. 14, 1786; m. Ann, dau. of David Patten, 1825; she d. Aug. 15, 1842; m. (2) Jane D. Carr, Feb. 2, 1843; lives at Derry village. No children alive.
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II. Abraham Melvin, went to Weare. Nothing is known of him.
III. Elizabeth.
IV. John, went to Maine.
V. Mary, b. 1745; m. (1) David, son of William White, Sen .; m. (2) Stephen Merril; d. July 13, 1833.
VI. Jane, b. 1747; m. James, son of Thomas Wason, Sen. -
MERRIL.
AMOS MERRIL came from Newbury ; was a bachelor; lived the last of his days with Edmund Sleeper; d. 1824, a. 93.
STEPHEN MERRIL was brother of Amos. In 1768 he bought of Andrew MeFarland 50 acres of the Tyler land at the Long Mead- ows. He m. a sister of Barnard Bricket. Children: -
1. Barnard, lived in Chester. 2. Hannah, m. a Bartlett and went to Sanbornton. 3. Mary, m. John, son of Edward Prescott; were parents of Capt. John, of Hooksett, and Mary, b. 1793, m. Edward Robie. 4. Nelly, m. Nathl., son of Nathl. Hall; went to Goshen.
He m. (2) Mary Melvin, wid. of David White. Had: -
5. Sarah, m. Archi. McDuffee, Jr. He d. 1822, a. 86. Mary d. 1833.
THOMAS MERRIL was from Cambridge ; was a painter; m. Mary Clark, dan. of Joseph Clark, and lived on the Clark place where G. W. Chase now lives; d. 1808.
MILLER.
There was a MILLER, probably ROBERT, who m. Elizabeth, sis- ter of Thomas Glen and also sister of David MeClure's wife. They had one son, James. ROBERT d. and the wid. m. William Gilchrist, who in 1752 gave to his son-in-law (step-son) James Miller of Chester, a " tract in a new plantation, the west side of the Great River, called Goffstown." James m. Martha, dau. of David McClure, and settled on the above tract; and afterwards sold to Dea. Thomas Shirley and Alexander Gilchrist, who lived there ; he went to Candia to live with his father McClure. Chil- dren : - William, Samuel, Thomas, Josiah, Matty, and Joanna, m. Joseph Abbott.
ARCHIBALD MILLER in 1747 bought No. 81, 2d P., 2d D., and settled on it, where Samuel Anderson now lives. March, 1754, the widow, Mary, and Andrew Craige were appointed adminis- trators. The wid. m. John Shirley. Children :- William, James and Hugh, and perhaps others. They sold to Thomas Anderson.
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MILLS.
JOIIN MILLS came from Ireland, and was in Haverhill in 1733. In 1734 he bought half of Add. No. 19, west of where Mr. Cool- edge now lives. He was there in 1740, when the road was laid out, but afterwards moved to Colerain, Mass., and was killed by the Indians soon after.
ROBERT MILLS was a brother of John, and probably came to Chester about the same time, and bought of Richard Haseltine his Add. lot No. 15, on which he settled. He was married before he came from Ireland, and had a son JJohn, who lived on Add. No. 51, where John Smith first settled, and he lived there in 1756, when the road was laid out. There was a John Mills, probably the same man who bought Dr. Samuel Brown's place, Add. lot No. 17, m. Susan Ferren. Children :- John, Thomas, James and Mary. Thomas m. a Stinson; he d. 1804; the wid. m. Peter Abbott; d. about 1831.
ROBERT m. (2) Jane McGee, sister to Thomas; d. 1762, a. 80. Children : -
I. David, m. Mary, dau. of William Wilson, Jr .; lived on the homestead; had :- 1. Robert; m. Sally, dau. of Robert Gra- ham. 2. Jesse, m. Nancy Graham and lived on the homestead. 3. Peter, went to Conn. 4. Hugh, m. a Dodge and lives in Derry Peak. 5. Stephen, d. unm. 6. Mary, m. Renben Heath and went to Pembroke. 7. Asenath, m. Simon M. Sanborn of Ches- ter. David Mills d. April 21, 1802.
ROBERT MILLS also had : -
II. Jonathan, went to Colerain; thence to New York.
III. Mary, m. Col. William White; d. Dec. 24, 1780, a. 43.
IV. Martha, m. John Sweetser of Deering.
V. Jane, m. James Wilson of Colerain.
VI. VII. VIII. Robert, James and Joseph, went to Deering.
IX. William, m. Ann, only dau. of Rev. John Wilson, and lived on Mr. Wilson's place ; d. March 19, 1840, a. 94. Children :- Joseph, m. Hannah Greenough; Benjamin, m. Jane, dau. of Lt. William Wilson.
MORSE. .
There were seven men by the name of Morse, who came from England to America.
ANTHONY MORSE was b. at Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, May 9, 1606; emigrated to this country and settled at Newbury, 1635, and d. there Oct. 12, 1686. He had 10 children; the second, Dea. Benjamin, b. March, 1640, m. Ruth Sawyer, and had 11 children; the oldest BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 24 1686, m. Susannah,
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GENEALOGY - MORSE.
dau. of Abel Merril, aud granddaughter of Aquila Chase, and had nine children, the oldest of whom, Capt. ABEL, b. Oct. 5, 1692, mn. Grace Parker of Bradford, 1714. He d. April 20, 1763; she d. 1755. His will dated Dec. 5, 1760. Among the legatees are grandchildren, Ezekiel and Edna Stevens, children of Abel. Ezekiel lived on north end of No. 129, O. II., near where John Marden now lives.
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