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DANIEL RICHARDSON was a farmer of Pelham, N. H .; he m. Sarah Merchant of Boston. Children :-
1. WILLIAM MERCHANT. b. Jan. 4. 1775. graduated at Harvard, 1797; LL. D., Dart., 1827. He read law in the office of IIon. Samuel Dana, of Groton, Mass, and was associated with him in the practice of the profession for a season. He was elected a
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Representative to Congress in 1811, and re-elected, but resigned in 1814 and removed to Portsmouth. He was appointed Chief Jus- tice of the Superior Court in 1816, which office he held to his death. HIe purchased the farm of Benjamin Brown, and removed to Chester in 1819; he m. Betsy Smith, dau. of Peter Smith, of Pelham, 1798; d. March 23, 1838. Children :-
1. Sarah M., m. Dr. Lemmel M. Barker.
2. William, b. 1802, d. 1819.
3. Elizabeth, b. 1805. m. Hon. B. B. French, 1824, d. 1860.
4. Mary, m. S. J. S. Vose, of Lancaster.
5. Anne, b. 1811, m. Hon. Henry F. French, d. 1856.
6. Louisa, b. 1814, m. Rev. C. C. P. Russel, now of Washing- ton, D. C.
7. Samuel Mather, m. Mary Whittemore, formerly of Chester, d. 1843.
II. GEN. SAMUEL M., who was a farmer, and was a member of the House of Representatives and also of the Senate, d. March 11, 1859, a. 82.
III. HON. DANIEL, was a lawyer of Tyngsborough. Chil. :- 1. D. S. Richardson, m. Isabella, dau. of Samuel Aiken, Esq., of Chester. 2. William A. 3. George F., Mayor of Lowell.
ROBIE.
In a list made Feb. 1, 1677, of cottages erected in Haverhill since Jan. 25, 1675, is the name of JOHN ROBIE. He lived in what is now Atkinson. June 16, 1691, he set out to move his family, consisting of seven children, the oldest not quite eleven years old, (his wife having died a few days before), to a place of refuge, where Benjamin Clement lately lived, at the North Parish. IIe was returning with the family in a cart, and had got opposite the burying-ground, near Jesse Clement's, where he was killed by the Indians, and his son ICHABOD, probably the oldest, was taken captive by the Indians and carried off. There are two traditions, one that he was ransomed, and the other and most probable one, that by the aid of a friendly Indian he escaped and returned home. (See Chase's Hist. of Haverhill, p. 160.)
He somewhere learned the art of tanning, and settled in Hamp- ton Falls. He was a member of the "Society for Settling the Chesnut Country," attended the first meeting, and was one of the committee to lay out the home lots, and also of the old hundred- acre lots, and also for running the lines. His name appears so often on the records that we might infer that he removed to Ches- ter, and he probably built a house on his home lot No. 116, where John Robinson's old house is, and spent considerable time in Chester, but never permanently resided here. His will was dated
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Oct. 10, 1752 ; proved Sept. 26, 1753. The legatees are his wife Mary, sons, I. John, II. Henry, and III. Samuel, and Sarah Til- ton. John was to have a silver-fitted sword and silver-headed cane, and they are both now in the family of the late Hendrick Dearborn, of Auburn. Col. Stephen Dearborn, son-in-law of John Robie, was an officer in the militia for more than thirty years, and commanded a company at the battle of Bennington, and used this sword. Samuel Robie was to have his pistols and holsters, the cap and brass-hilted sword and silver-headed riding cane. Henry was to have the homestead, including the tan-yard, and was residuary legatee.
I. JOHN ROBIE, b. 1712, m. Ann Williams, a woman of Welsh origin. The Dearborns have some of her table-linen. ICHABOD bought II. L. No. 35, Dec., 1732, on which John settled, near where Nathan Morse lately lived, and his tan-yard was where Robinson's was. Children :-
1. Edward, m. a Silver, went to Plymouth.
2. Ichabod, unm., was a tanner at Pembroke; d. at Springfield.
3. Walter, b. May 2 (O. S.), 1741. IIe came to Candia, and built a camp on No. 119, 2d P., 2d D., by the side of a large rock, the wolves sometimes looking in upon him. His first crop was rye, and having no barn to store and thresh it in, he drew to Chester over the hill by Col. Dearborn's, where there must have been little road. He in. Susa, dau. of Dea. Jonathan Hall, Dec. 23, 1763, and moved to Candia Jan. 10, 1764. He was a justice, and filled an important place in Candia. He d. June 28, 1818; she d. Oct. 20, 1821. Children : -
Walter, b. Dec. 22, 1764, m. Dorothy Tilton, who was b. Ang. 11, 1763; lived on the homestead; Edward and Jonathan, went to Corinth; Susan, m. John Moore, went to Belfast; Polly, m. Jona., son of Col. Moses Dustin; Lydia, m. John Dolby; Sally, m. Thomas Towle; Nancy, m. Col. Stephen Clay, of Chester.
4. John, m. Mehitabel. dau. of Dea. Jonathan Hall; settled on No. 64, 2d P., 2d D., 1764. Children : -
William, m. Keziah Clark, 1797; lived on the homestead; d. 1850; Ichabod and Jonathan, went to Corinth; Ebenezer, to Bur- lington ; Priscilla, to Stanstead; John, m. Silver, and lived near Candia Corner, d. 1866.
5. Ruth, m. Col. Stephen Dearborn ; d. 1808, a. 69.
6. A daughter, m. John Clay, of Candia.
7. Anna, m. (1) a Towle, (2) J. Quimby, (3) James, son of James Varnum; lived in Candia; d. 1807.
8. Delia, m. Col. Jonathan Dearborn; d. April 7, 1814, a. 63.
Axx d. May 20, 1755, a. 42; JOHN m. (2) Abigail Dearborn, dau. of Dea Ebenezer, widow of James Varnum. Children :-
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9. A dau., m. Samuel, son of Col. John Webster; went to New- port, N. H.
10. Sarah, m. Dr. Samuel Flagg.
11. Samuel, m. Dorothy Worthen, dau. of David; went to Springfield, N. H.
ABIGAIL d. Oct. 25, 1773. JOHN m. (3) Naomi, wid. of Nathan Long, but she soon left him; she d. 1821, a. 93; he d. March, 1788.
II. HENRY, b. 1714, lived on the homestead, and his descend- ants still reside there. He m. Abigail Butler Oct. 9, 1734, and they had eleven children :-
1. Daniel, b. Jan. 4, 1735, settled at Freetown, on O. H. No. 11, where Rev. Joseph Fullonton now lives. Children :-
1. Nathan, father of Nathan, of Auburn, Rev. Thomas, and David. 2. Henry. 3. Daniel.
2. Ichabod, b. May 25, 1737. He settled on No. 61, Sd D., where his great-grandson, Samuel B., now resides. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and his name appears often on the records of Candia. Children :-
Levi, m. Anna, dau. of Richard Ordway; lived on the home- stead.
Lowell, went to Alexandria, N. H. One dau. m. Knowles ; one a Tuck. went to Maine.
III. SAMUEL, son of Ichabod, b. 1717, m. a Perkins; settled on his father's H. L. No. 116; probably built John Robinson's old house. Children: -
1. Sarah, m. Dr. John Ordway, 1760; afterwards m. a Dr. Gordon, and (3) John P. Williams. They d. in Newmarket.
2. Lydia, m. Richard Ordway, of Amesbury, brother of Dr. John; m. (2) John Clay of Candia; m. (3) Col. Stephen Dear- born; d. Sept 29, 1817, a. 74.
3. Edward, b. 1746, m. Sarah Smith, dau. of Col. Webster's sec- ond wife, in 1771. He settled first in Candia, and came to Chester Street ; d. Dec. 26, 1837, a. 92. She d. 1843, a. 89.
SAMUEL, m. (2) widow Phebe Butterfield, mother of Nathan- iel Glidden's wife, and had Samuel and Polly, who lived at Goffstown. Samuel sold his farm, including his tan-yard, to John S. Dearborn, in 1778, and took his pay in Continental money, and it went down on his hands, and he lost it.
Children of Edward and Sarah :-
1. Mary. b. July 17, 1772; m. Ephraim, son of Edmund Elliot; went to Thornton.
2. John Smith, b. March 12, 1776, m. a McIntosh, of Dor- chester.
3. Edward, b. Nov. 20, 1778, m. Mary, dau. of John Prescott, and lived on the homestead; d. Sept. 12, 1857.
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4. Toppan, b. Jan. 27, 1782.
5. Sarah, b. 1785, m. Stephen Brummer; went to Maine.
6. Thomas Sargent, b. Jan 14, 1791, went to Gorham, Maine; m. Clarissa Adams, and had three sons, all of whom are clergy- men, the Rev. Edward Robie of Greenland, being one of them . He d. 1838.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF TOPPAN ROBIE.
He was named for his great unele, Col. Christopher Toppan, of Hampton, who when he was a child, gave him a pistareen (twenty cents) for his name. When a boy, at ten or eleven, he was put into the store of his uncle Edmund Webster, as a chore-boy, and while there Mr. Webster was appointed the first postmaster in Chester, and he acted as assistant. In 1796, he went as an appren- tice into the store of Capt. C. B. Brooks, of Haverhill, and had fifty dollars for the first year, and sixty dollars afterwards, for clothing. In 1799 he went to Gorham, Me., as clerk in a store, and in 1802 commenced business on his own account, and con- tinued in a profitable retail business till 1850. He seems disposed to be liberal with his accumulations. He has given to the minis terial fund of the First Parish in Gorham, nine thousand dollars; for a soldiers' monument in Gorham, two thousand dollars; for a clock on the Congregational meeting-house in Gorham, five hundred dollars; to the Congregational Society in Chester, five thousand dollars, and to the Congregational Society in Candia, towards the purchase of an organ, fifty dollars. Hle was Repre- sentative from Gorham to the Legislature of Massachusetts from 1813 to 1819, and to that of Maine in 1820 and 1821; one of the Executive Council of Maine; has long been a trustee aml treas- urer of Gorham Academy, and held various town offices. He in. Lydia, dau. of Benjamin Brown and Prudence Kelly, b. Feb. 6, 1782, m. Oct. 8, 1804. She d. Feb. 23, 1811. Children : -
Harriet, b. Aug. 9, 1805, in. Oliver Lincoln of Boston, in 1829, d. 1832; Francis Brown, b. Aug. 19, 1809, who graduated, studied medicine, and in making some chemical preparations lost both his eyes, and is totally blind; m. Martha Prince, lives in Gorham.
Toppan m. (2) Sarah T. Lincoln. Children :-
Charles : George (died) ; and Frederic. She d. April 23, 1828. He m. (3) Wid. Eliza Cross. She d. Nov. 2, 1865.
Mr. Robie says that he never used tobacco in any form, and can say about the same of ardent spirits; is now (March, 1869) more than eighty-seven years old, and writes a most excellent, fair and round hand.
Soppan Cob is
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ROWE.
DANIEL ROWE came early to Candia, m. Abigail Stockman ; d. about 1786; she d. Dec. 12, 1813. He was in the French war, and was at Cape Breton. He had a son Isaiah, who settled on lot No. 114, 2d P., 2d D., on the Pine hill, and sold it to Paul Eaton, previous to 1770, and purchased and settled on No. 40, 3d D. He m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Healey, 1764. Children :- 1. Jon- athan. 2. Susanna. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Lydia. 5. Nathaniel, who lived on the homestead. 6. Sarah. 7. Mehitable. 8. Olive. 9. Luey. 10. Dolly, m. Stephen Smith, and was mother of Hon. Frederick Smyth. 11. Abigail.
Isaiah d. Sept. 18, 1810, a. 67. Sarah d. 1824.
ROWEL.
JOHN ROWEL was probably the first settler on the north end of H. L. No. 114, where Dea. Walter Morse lately lived. July 1, 1729, John Rowel. of Salisbury, bought No. 50, and he and Ben- aiah Colby probably divided the two lots crosswise, as when James Norris bought No. 113, in 1734, it was bounded on "John Rowel and Benaiah Colby." In 1744 Judith Rowel and John Saunders and wife sold to Enoch Colby, each one sixth of their father John Rowel's right in No. 50, and Enoch Rowel two sixths, he being the oldest son. In 1746 Enoch bought half of No. 87, 3d D., (at Candia Corner) where he settled. His wife was Miriam, had 2 children d. young in 1752; Miriam, b. 1753; Enoch, b. 1756; Mary, b. 1763. IIe d. 1776.
GIDEON ROWEL, of Amesbury, bought of Lt. Thomas Smith and wife Mary, his homestead of 40 acres, in March, 1752. He d. previous to 1785. Benjamin lived at Candia, on No. 128, 3d D., unmarried. Samuel, d. 1815, Miriam and Sarah, all unmarried, on the homestead.
RUSSEL.
Master GEORGE RUSSEL was a native of Ireland, and was a grenadier in the army of Gen. Gage, at Boston. He was one of the reinforcement sent out to Lexington. He said that the British soldiers were instructed to fire breast high, but the Yankees took aim, and instead of facing their enemies, fired from every rock and tree. He determined to desert, and engaged with a country- man to carry him out of Boston. He was put into a hogshead and headed up, with holes for ventilation bored in the head. The teamster, without knowing the nature of his cargo, rode, sitting on the hogshead, stopping the vent holes and nearly suffocating
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Mr. Russel. He however survived, and came to Londonderry, and his name appears on the Association Test, in 1776, and it is said that he served a campaign in the American army, praying that he might be killed rather than be captured.
He came to Chester and settled on the south corner of lot No. 74, 2d P., 2d D., a little S. E. of the Auburn pound. He turned pedagogue, and for a long period taught nearly all the schools in the Long Meadows, and was looked up to with about the same reverence that the minister was. The writer received the first ru- diments of his school education from "Master Russel." He was a man of very eccentric manners, and would hardly be tolerated for a single day as a teacher, at the present time. He m. Martha McNeil, of Londonderry. Children :-
John, settled at New Boston.
Dawson, lived in Candia and in Londonderry.
Mary, m. and went to Galena, Ill.
About 1806 he went to live with his son John, at New Boston, and d. there.
SANBORN.
ELIPHAZ SANBORN'S name appears frequently on the records. In Dec., 1737, he bought of the proprietors 20 acres, lying on Pen- nacook path, directly cast of Gov. Shute's farm, and probably settled on it, where Daniel Hodgkins afterwards lived. Nothing more is known of him.
SARGENT.
" JACOB, 5th Son to Will Sargent and Mary his wife, was born March 13, An. Do. 1687-8." " Jacob Sargent, Jr., and Ju- dith Harvey, both of Amesbury, were married together by Mr. Thomas Wells, Minister of Amesbury, Dec. ye 7th, 1710."
His name appears first on Chester records as selectman in 1728. He is styled Ensign in a deed in 1730, and on Chester records in 1731. Hle occupied a very prominent place in Chester. The name of " Insine Jacob Sargent " appears on the records of nearly every town meeting for many years. He settled on H. L. No. 18, where Moses Webster now lives. In 1736 he gave his son Winthrop one half of three H. L's., -18, 19 and 123. He d. April 6, 1749. Administration to his wife, Judith, June 28, 1749. Children :-
I. WINTHROP, b. Oct. 28, 1711, m. Phebe, dan. of William Hea- ley. JJune 1, 1738. He lived on the homestead, back towards Hall's Village. He d. Dec., 1788; she d. Nov. 4, 1806, a. 90. Children :-
1. Lizzie, b. Dec. 22, 1738, m. John Sanborn; lived first in San-
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down, then on the William Gilchrist place, where his grandson John now lives. Mr. Sanborn d. Dec. 3, 1828; Lizzie d. April 6, 1832.
2. Moses, b. Nov. 2, 1743, m. Sarah, dan. of James Varnum, settled on lot No. 91, 2d P., 2d D., d. 1826; she d. 1843. Chil- dren :-
1. Anna, m. Samuel Anderson; d. 1817. 2. Samuel, m. Sally Pillsbury, 1798. 3. Abigail. 4. Sarah, m. Samuel Haynes, the clothier, of Chester; d. 1811. 5. Moses, m. a Whiting, lived on the homestead, and went to Stanstead. 6. Mary, m. Samuel An- derson.
3. Mary, b. May 14, 1745.
4. John, b. March 17, 1746, m. Mary, dau. of William Turner, lived on the east half of No. 120, 2d P., 2d D. He d. Nov. 17, 1834; she d. 1823. Children :- Josiah, m. Sarah Bricket, d. 1817 ; Sarah, m. Josiah, son of William Shannon; Moses, m. Sarah, dau. of William Shannon.
5. Abraham, b. Feb. 28, 1748; m. Lydia, dau. of Thomas Rich- ardson, 1769; lived where Ensign Jacob lived. He d. March, 1822; she d. Feb. 6, 1840, a. 90 years, 5 months. Children : -
1. Mary, b. 1769. 2. Lydia, b. 1771; m. Samuel Towle. 3. Abraham, b. July 25, 1773; m. (1) Polly Belknap, Jan. 1, 1800; she d. Nov. 23, 1812; m. (2) Sarah Sanborn, Jan. 10, 1814; she d. July 23, 1833; m. (3) Sally Underhill, widow of Smith Green- ough, and lived at Randolph, Vt., and on the homestead. He d. Oct., 1851. 4. Margaret, b. 1775; m. Sherburne Wiggin ; lived in Concord. 5. Susannah, b. June 17, 1777 ; m. John Melvin and Richard Dearborn, d. Feb. 4, 1868. 6. Huldah, unm. 7. Benja- min, b. 1781. 8. Elizabeth, b. June 23, 1784: m. Benjamin Mel- vin, 1804, and went to Maine. 9. Thomas, b. 1786. 10. Martha. 11. John, b. Jan. 6, 1793; m. Sally Wilkins; d. at Moulton- borough, May 17, 1840. He was a physician. (See Professional History.)
6. Phebe, b. 1751; m. Ebenezer Eaton of Candia.
7. Judith, b. Jan. 15, 1752; m. David, son of Nathaniel Hall, d. Jan., 1733.
8. Sarah, b. 1755; m. Samuel, son of Thomas Dearborn, and lived in Candia.
II. JACOB, b. Nov. 10, 1713. In 1748, his father gave him No. 130, 3d D., (the Ward place) on which he lived; d. without issue.
III. JUDITHI, b. March 27, 1716; m. Francis Towle, 1738.
IV. SARAH, b. March 8, 1718; m. Enoch Colby, 1748.
V. ELIZABETH, b. 1722.
VI. DOROTHY, b. 1725. (The foregoing were b. in Amesbury.)
VII. TABITHA, m. John Foss, 1744. He d. Nov. 14, 1745; m. (2) Hezekiah Underhill; d. Aug. 23, 1803.
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VIII. JOHN, m. Susannah Harriman and settled on No. 70, 3d D, where B. P. Colby now lives; d. Nov. 14, 1797. Children: -
1. Jacob, m. Margarett, dau. of Thomas Patten. 2. John. 3. James, m. Elizabeth Rowe, and once owned and lived at HIall's mill on Chester Turnpike. 4. Hannah, in. Caleb Towle of Hawke. 5. Sarah, unm. 6. Susa, m. Thomas Emery.
IX. THEOPHILUS, lived near Candia Corner; m. Lydia Mitchell, 1753; d. 1807. Children :- The first three d. young. 4. Lydia, b. Jan. 29, 1752; m. Moses, son of Samuel Emerson, Esq .; d. July 22, 1784. 5. Judith, b. 1763; m. John Eaton. 6. Theophilus. b. 1765; m. Ruth Rowe and went to Belfast. 7. Moses, d. unm. 8. Jonathan, m. Anna, dau. of Thos. Wason and lived in Candia.
The Rev. CHRISTOPHER SARGENT was a settled minister at Amesbury, and afterwards at Methuen. He had thirteen chil- dren, the youngest of whom, Dr. THOMAS, was b. at Amesbury, July 22, 1766. Ile received his preparatory education at Methuen. Dr. Isaac Thom of Londonderry m. a dau. of the Rev. Mr. Sar- gent, and it is supposed that Dr. Thomas studied his profession with him. He came to Chester about 1777 and boarded with Maj. Jabez French until he was married. He m. Hannah Smith, dau. of Col. Webster's last wife, Oct. 15, 1780. In Jan., 1780, he purchased an acre of land with a house on it, where Mrs. French now lives, the Merchant Blasdell place. In 1782, he bought of Isaac Blasdell, administrator of Ben. Bachelder, the land southeast as far as the Eben Dearborn place, and afterwards built the house where Mr. White lately lived. He was a very cantions, but skillful physician, and had an extensive practice. He remained in Chester until 1819, and then went to Hartford, Lower Canada. Children: -
John, d. young.
Sally, b. June 21, 1784; m. Samuel Head, Oct. 24, 1811; d. Nov. 6, 1854.
Edmund Toppan, b. 1786; d. 1796.
Hannalı Smith d. Nov. 15, 1788. Dr. THOMAS m. (2) Nancy Hall of Concord, Feb. 26, 1792; she d. Nov. 22, 1817. Children :- John, b. April 22, 1793; m. Sally, dau. of Samuel Anderson.
Hannah Smith, b. Aug. 12, 1794; m. Robert, son of Dr. James Brown of Hooksett, and Robert Smith of Bristol, N. H .; d. May, 1868.
Nancy Hall, b. Nov. 15, 1798; m. Rice Dudley of Pembroke. Mary Jane, d. unm.
He mn. (3) Mrs. Elizabeth G. Ladd, Feb. 27, 1820. He d. Nov. 18, 1829; she d. 1830.
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SCRIBNER.
SAMUEL SCRIBNER was of Exeter, perhaps of that part now Brentwood. He was accidentally shot by a man who was out hunting. He had a son John, who lived in Poplin (Fremont) near Cavel mill. He m. a Smith and had : -
1. Lieut. Samuel, who lived in Candia on the John Moore place, No. 73, 3d D., and m. Moore's widow; m. (2) a Harriman, and had : -
2. Manoah, m. Sarah, dau. of Daniel Fitts, and settled in Ray- mond on No. 105, O. H., near Jones Pond, and had Daniel, m. Ann Langford, and John, m. a Page, still residing there.
3. John, resided on the homestead; d. 1853. His grandson, Benning S., resides there.
4. A daughter, m. Henry Smith; d. at Auburn, Nov. 4. 1858, a. 81.
SEAVEY.
JOHN SEAVEY probably came from Rye; m. Dolly, dau. of Ithamar Berry, 1762; settled on the west half of No. 36, 2d P., 2d D .; d. May 18, 1806; she d. 1816. Children: -
1. Jonathan, b. 1763; m. Sarah, dau. of Elijah Pillsbury; m. (2) Lucretia Rand.
2. Elliott Berry. b. 1766; m. a dau. of John Rand ; no children.
3. Ann, m. Isaac Libby of Candia.
4. Molly, m. Sam. Seavey.
5. John, m. Betsy, dau. of Sherburne Dearborn; moved to the country.
6. Andrew, b. Feb. 21, 1778; m. Hannah Foss and lived on the homestead.
7. Josiah, b. Aug. 14, 1780; m. Sally, dau. of Cort. Isaac Lane; lived on the Jona. Morton place; d. July 31, 1863.
8. Greenleaf.
SEVERANCE.
BENJAMIN SEVERANCE Was from Kingstown; m. Ruth, dau. of William Long of Kingstown. In 1751 he bought of John Stock- man H. L. 100 and 36, where John Calfe had formerly lived. He d. early; she d. 1816, a. between 85 and 90. Children: -
Joseph, m. Anna, dau. of Gideon Currier, Sen .; went to Salis- bury, N. H.
Peter, m. Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Hall, and lived on No. 100, 2d P., 2d D. He d. 1817; she d. Dec. 23, 1839, a. 83. Sons, Geo. W., and James, lived in Auburn.
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SHANNON.
THOMAS SHANNON is said to have come from the " Shoals;" m .. a sister of Nathaniel Rand, and had no permanent residence. Children : -
1. William, m. Hannah Holmes, wid. of Nathan Lane. Chil- dren : - Dea. Josiah, m. Sarah, dan. of Capt. John Sargent; Sarah, m. Moses Sargent ; Jane, m. Jona. Worthen. He d. 1807.
2. Samuel, m. (1) Lydia Taber; m. (2) Lydia(Leavitt) Griffin, 1792. He d. 1813; she d. May 25, 1842, a. 87. Children: - 1. Lydia T., b. 1794; m. Josiah Morse. 2. Thomas, m. Davis. 3. Sarah, m. Thomas Chase.
3. Thomas, m. (2) Dolly Locke, widow of Josiah Moore.
4. John, mn. a dau. of Jacob Griffin.
SHACKFORD.
WILLIAM SHACKFORD was of Portsmouth, and was a retailer. Children : -
1. JOHN was also of Portsmouth, and a block-maker, and was a grantee of Chester.
2. SAMUEL, also of Portsmouth, was a block-maker and a grantee. Ilis will was proved March, 1730-31.
JOHN, his son, was a shoemaker, and settled first in Andover, then came to Chester and settled on his father's additional lot No. 92, where his great grandson Jonathan now lives; d. Nov. 2, 1786. Children: -
I. Theodore, m. Mary Bartlett, Feb. 14, 1754. Children : -
1. Sarah, b. Feb. 3, 1755; m. David Richardson, 1773. 2. Susannah, b. Feb. 5, 1757 ; in. Dea. Nathan Knowles. 3. Molly. 4. Anna. 5. Theodore, b. July 7, 1770.
Theodore, Sen., lived on the Plain, and he and his son removed just out of Chester into Allenstown.
II. John, m. Sarah, dau. of Lt. Ebenezer Dearborn, and lived on the homestead. His will proved June 10, 1779. She d. Aug., 1814. Children: - 1. Billy. 2. Sarah, b. 1765, m. Bradbury Quimby. 3. Samuel, b. Nov. 19, 1767 ; m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Benjamin Currier, April, 1806; lived on the homestead. He d. Jan. 23, 1843; she d. Aug. 17, 1865. 4. Jonathan, b. 1770; unm .; d. Dec., 1799. 5. Richard, b. Nov. 6, 1772; unm .; d. Sept. 3, 1864. 6. Betsy, m. Josiah Lane, son of Ezekiel Lane.
III. A daughter, m. Simon French, and lived in Candia.
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SHAW.
CORNET DAVID SHAW was son of Hilliard Shaw of Hampton Falls; m. Abigail, only dau. of Paul and Love Smith, 1780; lived on the Smith place, H. L. 119. He d. Nov. 11, 1825; she d. Dec. 25, 1847, a. 94. Children : - Paul Smith, b. 1782, unm., d. May 15, 1805: Jonathan Hilliard. b. 1784. was a physician, d. Sept., 1821; David, b. June 20, 1788, mn. Sally Marden, 1817, resides on the homestead; Abigail, m. Josiah, son of Perley Chase, 1816, d. 1824.
SHIRLEY.
It is said that the Shirleys date back to the Germans, and that the Countess of Huntingdon, who was the patron of Whitefield and Wesley, was a Shirley; but those who came to Chester came from Ireland, and were of Scotch origin.
JAMES SHIRLEY came to Chester at a very advanced age, about the year 1730, and lived on Add. lot No. 13, where the town farm now is. He had a large family. Several sons came over, only three of whom came to Chester :- I. JOHN; II. CAPT. JAMES; III. THOMAS. He is said to have died 1754, a. 105.
I. JOHN bought Add. No. 13, Nov. 6, 1730, on which his father lived. Nov., 1731, he bought of Sampson Underhill, II. L. No. 124, on which he settled, where Margaret Shirley and Mrs. Cowdery now live. He m. for a second wife, the widow of Archi. Miller. Children: -
1. JAMES. In 1741, John deeded to his son James the north end of Add. lot No. 13. Nothing further is known of him.
2. MARY, m. James Wilson.
3. Axx, m. Robert Wilson.
4. MARTHA, m. Alexander Gilchrist and went to Goffstown.
5. JANE, m. MeMurphy of Londonderry.
6. Dea. THOMAS, b. 1728, in. Margaret, dan. of Capt. James Shirley, and went to Goffstown and purchased of James Miller; d. 1808; she d. 1820, a. 93.
7. DANIEL went to New Chester.
Issue of Dea. THOMAS and Margaret: -
1. Jane, m. Robert Patten of Bradford.
2. Polly, m. Robert, son of Alexander Gilchrist.
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