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3. James, m. Mary Moore. He was three years old when they moved to Goffstown, and rode there on horseback behind his mother. He lived on the homestead; d. 1855, a. 96. Children :- 1. Nancy. 2. Jane. 3. Thomas, d. at Memphis. 4. Daniel, lived in Goffstown.
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5. James, was a lawyer and lived at Vicksburg. Gen. Grant's entrenchments went through his front yard and his house was destroyed; and Gen. Grant gave him possession of the house of a r5bel. After the surrender, a great many claimed to have always been loyal, and Gen. Grant referred their cases to Mr. Shirley, and the labor and excitement were more than he was able to endure, and he d. Aug., 1863. His son Robert Q. was admitted to West Point upon the recommendation of Gen. Grant.
6. John, is at Suspension Bridge, N. Y. 7. Gilman, was a teacher at Cortland, N. Y. S. William, at the same place. 9. Robert M., m. Maria Mccutcheon: lived on the homestead, but removed to Manchester, and has a son on the homestead.
II. CAPT. JAMES SIHIRLEY was a seventh son, and famous for curing king's evil, and was a man of considerable note. He was b. Dec., 1700, m. Janet Shirley, in Ireland, and d. May, 1796. IIe came to Brookline, Mass., and in 1734 bought Add. lot No. 11; and settled where Dudley C. Swain now lives. Children: -
1. JAMES, who while coming from Exeter was caught in a thun- der shower, got off his horse and was leading him, was struck by the lightning and killed; silver money in his pocket and silver knee-buckles were melted.
2. MARGARET, m. Dea. Thomas Shirley.
3. AGNES, m. John McNair, who was a mariner, and d. soon after marriage; she d. Feb., 1823, a. 80.
4. JOHN, lived on his father's homestead, and had a son John.
5. HUGH, lived on Add. No. 13; was several years clerk of the Presbyterian parish, and had a son Peter who sokl the place to the town and went to Maine.
6. LIEUT. WILLIAM, m. Mary Morrison, 1788; lived on H. L. 124. Ile was several years clerk of the Presbyterian parish. He d. 1807 : she d. July, 1843, a. 83. Children : -
1. Margaret, b. Aug. 6, 1789; unm., on the homestead.
2. James. b. 1791.
3. John, b. 1793, m. Polly, dau of Robert Graham.
4. William, b. 1799.
5. Mary, b. 1801, m. Samuel Cowdery.
6. Robert, b. 1803.
III. THOMAS SHIRLEY was half brother of John and Capt. James. He lived in several places. He once lived on Add. lot No. 51, where John Smith first settled. In one deed he is said to be of Timberlane (Hampstead), but his final settlement was at what is now Auburn Village, his cellar yet being open in Amos Chase's field. He died in consequence of a blow from John Patten. He and Patten met at Capt. Underhill's tavern and had some altercation. Patten had an old scythe in his hand which he was carrying to a
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blacksmith, and probably without any intention of inflicting any serious injury, struck Shirley with the tang of the scythe, making a wound in his head. The wound was not considered serious at first. It was inflicted Dec. 25, 1775. Shirley went to London- derry, to Dr. Wood, for treatment, and died there Feb. 1 .. 1776. Patten was indicted, and tried at the September term, and con- victed of manslaughter, and sentenced to be branded in the hand, which was executed. Ile had a surgeon in attendance to apply some remedy, but it was so slightly done that he thought his services needless.
Thomas Shirley had five sons and one daughter :-
1. JOIN. 2. SAMUEL. 3. ALEXANDER. 4. JAMES. 5. THOMAS. 6. ANNA. The names of most of them are on the army rolls.
1. Of JOHN I have no tradition.
2. SAMICEL, b. about 1740. He lived on lot No. 123, 2d P., 2d D., near the pond. He built the first grist-mill at Auburn vil- lage, kept tavern and boiled potash. IIe moved to Northfield, and thence to Union Bridge; died about 1806. He m. (1) Mar- garet, dan. of William Graham. Children: -
1. Ann, m. Daniel McDuffee; d. Nov. 29, 1860, a. 85.
2. . John, b. 1781, m. Joanna Gale; was a builder of wharves and pile-bridges; d. 1851. Ile had a son John Major, b. 1831; a lawyer at Andover, N. H.
3. Molly, m. Alexander Donovan ; d. 1826.
4. Betsy. 5. James, went to Long Island.
6. Margaret. 7. Sally. 8. Lucretia.
Margaret d. 1792. He m. (2) Anna, dau. of Master James Hazard, Oct., 1793.
9. Samuel. 10. William. 11. Stephen Dearborn.
He m. (3) Elizabeth, dau. of Hugh McDuffee, 1798. She d. 1843, a. 80. She had: -
Nancy, m. Rodney Allen, went to Michigan.
3. ALEXANDER m. a dau. of James Hunter.
4. JAMES m. Susa, dan. of Archie McDuffee. They owned the Oswego mill, and sold to the Rays in 1806.
5. THOMAS m. Mary Ann, dau. of James Wilson.
SILSBY.
OZIAS SILSBY, son of Henry Silsby and Bethia Woodward, b. at Windham, Conn .. June 15, 1760; graduated at Dartmouth, 1785; studied theology, and preached at Henniker, and at Wells, Me., but his health failing, he was never ordained. He came to Chester, and m. Mary, dau. of Dea. John S. Dearborn, 1794, and built a house, and lived on the Haverhill road, where James Stevens lately lived, nearly opposite the old Baptist meeting-house.
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He was the first mail-carrier through Chester from Exeter to Peterborough. His wife d. 1802. IIe m. (2) Frances Congdon. HIe afterwards lived in Bedford, Sutton, Warner, and died at Hillsborough, Feb. 28, 1833.
SILVER.
CAPT. JAMES SILVER lived on Add. lot No. 51, where John Smith, the first settler at the Long Meadows, lived; d. 1796. Children : -
Joseph, lived on the homestead.
Abraham, m. Elizabeth Gilchrist, widow of Mark Carr; lived at New Chester.
Eunice, m. Joseph Calf, Jr., and John Downing; d. 1855, a. 86. Huldah. m. Eldridge.
Molly, umm.
SLEEPER.
THOMAS SLEEPER, b. in England about 1607, came to Hampton 1640; d. July 30, 1696. His wife, Joanna, d. at Kingstown Feb. 5, 1703, a. 80. They had 7 children :-
VI. AARON, b. Feb. 20, 1661, m. Elizabeth Shaw May 23, 1682. He m. (2) Sarah; d. at Kingstown May 9, 1732, a. 71. He had 17 children by his first wife, and 2 by his second, of whom
II. MOSES, b. Jan. 22, 1685, m. Margaret, dan. of Capt. Jona. Sanborn (who was Lt. John Sanborn's fifteenth child), Jan. 9, 1714. She was b. March 20, 1698. He d. at Kingstown, Jan. 13, 1754. They had 15 children, of whom
IV. DAVID, b. Nov. 16, 1721, m. Margaret Scribner, Nov. 24, 1743, and at that time removed to Sandown. He m. (2) Ruth Jenness, b. 1735. He had 19 children; 13 sons and 2 daughters lived to maturity, and the descendants are very numerous, par- ticularly in Bristol, N. H. HIe d. 1780.
3. Darid, b. 1748, settled on the homestead at Sandown; re- moved to Vershire, Vt., and back to Sandown.
4. Edmund, b. March 17, 1753, m. (1) Lydia, dau. of Jethro Colby, March 11, 1779; lived on the Colby place, H. L. 101 and 37. She d. Jan. 3, 1802. He m. (2) Elizabeth, dan. of Lt. Ezekiel Worthen, May 7, 1803. He d. June 1, 1838. She d. July 18, 1840, a. 75. Child :-
Jethro, b. Nov. 9, 1780, m. Martha, dau. of Timothy Wells, Jan. 10, 1806; d. Sept. 9, 1844.
15. Benjamin, the fifteenth child of DAVID, b. Jan. 17, 1771, m. Betty Hills, 1796; had Josiah, b. April 3, 1798; lives in Lon- donderry. He d. at Compton, Canada East.
V. HENRY, son of MOSES, b. Feb. 17, 1726, m. Sarah Morse of
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Newburyport, 1748; resided there. He d. Dec. 16, 1781. She was b. March 28, 1731, d. 1793, had 7 children :-
4. John. b. Aug. 2, 1754, d. unm., June 27, 1834. He was in the Battle of Bunker Hill; also in the expedition under Mont- gomery, which went up through the woods to Quebec, suffering severely. Upon the death of Montgomery he was taken prisoner, and lay in prison nine months. He went on a voyage as earpen- ter in the frigate Boston, and several in privateers. He had quite a mechanical genius. I think that he once told me that he made the first joiners' moulding tools made in this country. He came to Chester with his brother-in-law Nathl. Brown in 1814.
7. Mary, b. March 16, 1770, m. Nathl. Brown; d. Nov. 11. 1835.
XIII. RICHARD, the thirteenth chill of MOSES. b. April 17, 1738, m. Martha Fifield April 22, 1762; d. at Kingstown 1813, a. 75; had a dau. Martha, m. Lt. Jacob Elliot 1798; d. 1850.
SMITH.
LT. THOMAS SMITH Was a grantee, having been admitted by the committee, Nov. 20, 1720, in the place of Richard Swain. It is said that he came from Ireland to Hampton, but his name is not found on Hampton records. He came early to Chester; was a lot-layer in 1725, and selectman in 1728. It is said that he married a sister of John Karr, Sen. He settled on H. L. No. 150. His name appears frequently on the records as Lt. Thomas Smith. In March, 1762,he sold to Gideon Rowel of Amesbury, and moved to New Boston. The Rowel heirs conveyed to Nathaniel Sleeper. John Picket and Thomas Haselton have since owned it.
In 1724, he and John Karr were taken by the Indians, an account of which I extract from Dr. Bell, N. H. His. Soc. Coll. Vol. 7. p. 404: -
"Karr was about eighteen years of age, and his sister was Smith's wife. They were making brush fence to secure the cow from the Indians. They were surprised by the crack of a gun, the ball passing between them, touching Smith. The Indians sprang upon and captured them; a scuffle ensued in which Smith turned the butt of his gun with a view of sinking the lock into the head of Capt. Joe English, the leader of the Indians, but missed his aim. [The hill in New Boston, whose south end is very steep as seen from Auburn, was named for this Indian.] They were captured. They proceeded northward till night, when the keepers each managed to secure his prisoner for the night. They were not allowed to see where each other lodged. Smith's captor cut a notch in the spreading root of a beech tree, fitted in the ankle of the prisoner, then drove down a stake so as to make the foot secure, while the prisoner was lying on his back. His arms
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were also tied above him with the sinews of a deer. The next day they pursned their journey, the prisoners not being allowed to speak to each other. The next night Smith took special notice in which direction Karr was placed from him. He was secured as on the night previous, with the addition of having hooks put over his elbows and driven firmly into the ground.
Resolving to make his escape after his Indian was asleep (the Indian slept on the ends of the cords with which he was bound), he gradually tried the strength of his strong arms, and the hooks gave way. Then he found that the cords would give. He con- tinued to strain upon them until he could get his thumbs under the cord that stretched across his breast. Then with that aid he raised it upon his chin, then got it into his mouth, and after a long trial, succeeded in raising it over his nose, and finally over his entire head. He might have killed the party but thought it would be murder. Leaving them to their pleasing dreams, they . found a stream of water in which they traveled as far as possible to elude the dogs. At length they climbed some trees, and soon the day dawned, when they heard the alarm war-whoop of their disappointed captors, which was answered by another party on the opposite side of them. Their position was now a critical one : directly between two parties of Indians so near as to answer each other with the voice. Descending, they made their way back towards Chester, where they arrived on the evening of the third day after capture. The garrison was at Chester, not London- derry.
The above is the relation of Dea. Thomas Smith, a grandson of Lient Smith, now (1852) over eighty years of age."
JOHN SMITH was probably a brother of Lieut. Thomas, and was the first settler at the Long Meadows. In laying out Gov. Went- worth's farm of 200 acres in 1728, they began "about 40 rods from John Smith's corner where he now dwells." Thomas Smith decded to him the Add. No. 51 in 1731, and something is said in the deed about his quarter or share. They had bought Brownell's right, or a part of it. John and Rachel Smith sold John Mills No. 51, in 1741. Thos. Shirley and Capt. James Silver afterwards occupied it.
There was another JOHN SMITH of Hampton, who was a com- missioner for running the line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and who had two sons Paul and Sylvanus, who were early settlers in Chester. Sylvanus Smith was surveyor of high- ways in 1731. They built their first camp on H. L. No. 20, some- where opposite where the Rev. Mr. Wilson afterwards lived, that being the main or only road; but after a road was opened by Dea. Dearborn's, they moved on to the northwest end of the lot a little "."th of where Capt. David Shaw's barn now stands.
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Paul Smith m. wid. Love (Marston) Gross, Dec. 18, 1752. Abigail. b. Dec. 19, 1755, m. Cornet David Shaw. The woods were infested with bears after Mrs. Shaw's recollection. He d. about 1765.
May 29, 1733, Paul and Sylvanus Smith bought H. L. No. 24, on which Sylvanus settled. He built one-eighth of the New or Dearborn saw-mill in 1751, which his administrator sold in 1772. He was representative in 1752. He m. Wid. Mary Weare of Hampton Falls. (Daniel Weare of Chester bought of Thomas Shirley half of Add. No. 40. He was probably her son.) They had a dau. Huldah, m (1) John Burley; m. (2) Daniel Green- ough; d. Oct. 24, 1847, a. 85.
BENJAMIN SMITH came from Exeter about 1750, and settled on No. 73, 3d D. He was probably the third settler in Candia, and they were much troubled with bears. He m. Sarah Hoit of Sea- brook, and had nine children. He d. Jan. 14, 1827, a. 99. Chil- dren : -
Benjamin, m. Nancy Robie and lived on the homestead and had a son Capt. John, who lives on the homestead; Nathl .; Nicholas; Dolly; Elizabeth, m. Capt. John Wason, d. Dec. 3, 1743, a. 81; Lydia, and Hannah.
Besides Benjamin Smith, there appear to have been four others, said to be brothers, who came to Candia from Brentwood, and were sons of ISRAEL SMITH, b. 1706, and Mary, b. 1709, who were m. Dec. 5, 1728. They were innkeepers at the sign of a horse.
I. CHASE.
II. OLIVER, settled on No. 49, 3d D .; d. Nov. 20, 1810.
III. BILEY, settled on the north end of No. 49, 3d D., about 1771, and about 1788 bought of Jacob Worthen the gore lot No. 81, 5th D., and lived where his son Biley now lives. He had a dan. Abra, m. George, son of Nathl. Wood, of Chester. He d. Oct. 3, 1829.
IV. JONATHAN, settled on No. 26.
I. CHASE SMITH came with his family to Candia about 1771; settled on the north end of No. 49; d. Jan 3, 1810. He had a son JOSEPH CHASE, b. Jan. 17, 1759, m. Elizabeth Gilman (b. Sept. 5, 1756,) June 8, 1778, resided on the homestead. Children :-
1. Abigail, b. Dec. 12, 1779.
2. Joseph Chase.
3. Stephen, b. June 6, 1785.
4. Betsy. 5. Mary.
6. Jesse, b. Jan. 13, 1794, lives on the homestead.
7. Sally. 8. Mehitabel.
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3. Stephen, b. 1785, m. Dolly, dau. of Isaiah Rowe, Dec. 26, 1809; lived on No. 25, and moved to Manchester. Children :-
1. Gilman C. 2. Sarah. 3. Frederick. 4. Sophia. 5. Abra- ham Calvin.
3. Frederick, b. March 9, 1819, m. Emily, dau. of John Lane, Esq. (who was b. July 22, 1822,) Dec. 11, 1844. They have no children. The original name is said to have been Smyth, and for the purpose of business convenience when he commenced busi- ness he restored the y in writing his name. He was reared on a farm, with only common-school and academic education.
In 1838 he went to Manchester and engaged in mercantile pur- suits. In 1849, 1850, and 1851, he was City Clerk. In 1852, 1853 and 1854, he was elected Mayor, and again in 1864, unanimously, by all parties. In 1855 he was appointed by the Governor and Council, chairman of the commissioners to locate, purchase a site, and build the House of Reformation for juvenile offenders. In 1861 he was appointed a commissioner to the World's Fair in London, and acted as one of the jurors at the distribution of the awards. He made an extended tour on the continent of Europe, and as he was connected with the State and National Agricultural Societies in an official capacity, he made the condition of European agriculture a subject of especial investigation. In 1865 he was elected Governor, and re-elected in 1866. In 1866 he was chosen by Congress, for six years, as one of the managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers.
As Mayor of Manchester and as Governor of the state, he did much to sustain the credit of the city and state, especially the state in the disordered condition of its finances; and also did much to alleviate the sufferings of New Hampshire soldiers in the camp and hospital. Ile has been cashier in the Merrimack River and First National bank since its charter in 1855; also treasurer and chief officer of the Merrimack River savings bank He is also a trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and is also officially connected with many other benevolent, moral and industrial enterprises in New Eng- land.
There was a BENJAMIN SMITH settled in Raymond, on No. 7, O. H. In 1761 a road was laid out near his land, leading into Epping.
JOSEPH SMITH is said to have come from what is now Raymond when a boy, and might have been a son of Benjamin. He gave his time till 21 to Jonathan Berry for 50 acres of land. He was b. March 19, 1753; m. Ann Berry; settled where Simon Haselton now lives; but afterwards bought of Robert Rowe No. 40, 2d P., 2d D .; was a soldier in the Revolution, and, it is said, at Bunker Hill. He. d. May 24, 1825. Child: -
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Joseph, b., March 19, 1778, m. Anna Garland; lived on the homestead; d. Oct. 24, 1858. Children :- Peter; Anna; Joseph, on the homestead.
STICKNEY.
ELIZABETH and EDMUND STICKNEY, of Newburyport, bought of Andrew Craige his homestead, the south-east part of Gov. Went- worth's farm of 250 acres, in 1771. There was an ANTHONY STICKNEY there, upon whose estate Anthony Somerby Stickney administered in 1776.
Anthony S. was quite a prominent man, especially in the Pres- byterian parish, though on one occasion there was a protest entered against his serving in some office because he was not a church-member. He and his wife Ruth had Dorcas, b. 1776, and Ruth, b. 1781, and some other children. One m. Rev. Tillotson Ilowe. Stickney went to Pembroke.
SWEETSER.
HENRY SWEETSER came from Charlestown, Mass., as a clerk in the store of Toppan Webster. After Mr. Webster stopped busi- ness, he and Benjamin Brown formed a copartnership in trade, and did a large business, much of it on credit, and to secure payment took several farms at a higher price than they could realize. The Republican party had the ascendeney in town, and Mr. Sweetser was very popular, and was chosen Representative from 1802 to 1808. He also held various other offices. IIe held the office of Quartermaster-General of New Hampshire. He several years kept tavern in Toppan Webster's house. He m. Nancy, dan. of Benj. Brown, Nov. 19, 1798. She d. childless. He m (2) Susan, dan. of John West of Concord and had several children, of whom I am not informed. He removed to Concord about 1822.
TEMPLETON.
ALLEN TEMPLETON came over with Robert Craige and John MeKinley. He had been married in Ireland, and had a daughter born there, and his wife died there. The daughter's name was Martha, and she m. John Orr.
ALLEN m. Agnes Craige, sister of Robert, and had: -
1. Matthew, who lived a bachelor on the homestead of 25 acres of Gov. Wentworth's farm, west of Robert Craige's, until an old man, when he gave his property to Thomas Crawford and went to Sandown, and d. Nov. 22, 1825, a. 87. He was very eccentric, and many anecdotes are related of him.
2. Jane, m. Robert Crawford, of Sandown. She d. July 10, 1832, a. 91.
ALLEN d. 1755. Agnes d. May 3, 1797.
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TENNEY.
SILAS TENNEY, b. Dec. 4, 1772, m. Rebecca Bailey (b. May 13, 1773) Oct. 26, 1795; lived in Bradford until 1804 or '5, when he purchased H. L. No: 61, where Jabez Hoit had lived. Ile d. July, 1834. She is alive (1869). Children: -
Bailey. b. Jan. 7, 1797.
Thomas, b. Nov., 1798, grad. Dartmouth, 1825; m. Martha T. Parker. (See Graduates.)
Sewell, b. Aug. 27, 1801. grad. Dart. 1827.
Sally, b. Jan. 13, 1804, m. - Hale and Rev. J. R. Arnold.
William, b. July 13, 1807, m. - Murray; lived on the home- stead.
Harriet, b. April 8, 1812, mn. Thomas J. Melvin.
Charles, b. Sept. 23, 1814, grad. Dartmouth 1835; m. Emily G. Parsons 1841. (See Graduates.)
Daniel, b. Dec. 10, 1816, grad. Dartmouthi 1841; m. Mary A. Parker, 1844. (See Graduates.)
TODD.
WILLIAM TODD came from Ireland and lived some time in Bos- ton. He was probably married in Ireland. He settled on O. H. No. 56, in Raymond. He was one of the petitioners for Raymond. Children : -
I. Mary, mn. James, son of John Moore, mn. (2) Robert Wallace ; d. 1832, a. 91.
II. William, went to Freeport, Me .; m. a Brown of N. Yar- mouth. Children: - 1. Mary, m. Robert, son of James Moore; lived at the Branch; d. Nov. 10, 1856, a. 84. 2. Anna, m. James, son of James Moore; lived at Freeport, Me. He d. 1798; she m. Robert, son of Alexander Witherspoon; d. at Auburn, April 19, 1852, a. 78.
III. Daniel, m. Susan, dan. of James Wilson, and lived at Ray- mond near the Branch.
TOLFORD.
JOIIN TOLFORD was born about fifteen miles from Londonderry, Ireland, in July, 1701. He, it is said, came over in company with John Aiken. In May, 1724, John Packer of Haverhill, Mass., conveyed to John Tolford of Bradford, the home lot No. 66. and one-half of all of the other divisions, on condition that he should make a settlement. He accordingly settled on that lot on Walnut Hill. He was a Major in the militia and held many civil offices. He became a large landholder and was an enterprising man. He
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built the first saw-mill at White Hall in Hooksett. He m. Jean McMurphy, Jan. 8, 1734, and had 9 children, 3 of whom were sons :-
1. Joshua, b. Feb., 1739, and moved to Alexandria when he was about 22 years of age.
2. Hugh, b. Dec. 22, 1747, m. Elizabeth Patten of Bedford, and lived on the homestead, and had :- Isaac, b. 1786; William, b. 1795, lives at Bedford; Jane: and Elizabeth, d. April 24. 1823.
3. John, b. Jan. 2, 1750, lived in Danbury, N. H.
Major John Tolford d. May 1790. Jean d. Dec. 29, 1792. The following is copied from the Collections of the N. HI. Hist. Soc., Vol. 4, p. 201: -
" Hewas selected in 1754, being then a Major, by the govern- ment of N. H., as one of the officers to command the party sent to explore the Coos country, which party set out March 10, and in seven days reached the Connecticut river at Piermont. They were accompanied by John Stark, who had been the preceding year a prisoner among the Indians, and was acquainted with that region. as a guide. After passing one night and making such observations as their time would allow them. they returned. and on the 13th day from the time they left, reached Concord."
DEA. WILLIAM TOLFORD was brother of Maj. John; owned H. L. 69 and 70, and lived there, where Mr. Merril now lives. He m. Isabel, dan. of John McMurphy. She d. Oct. 17, 1748, a. 35. He m. Agnes She d. Jan. 22, 1785, a. 66. He d. Sept. 25, 1792, a. 92. His will dated 1787. The legatees were John, Elizabeth, wife of William Powel, Mary, wife of David Mc- Murphy, Robert Forsaith residuary legatee. Children: -
1. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 13, 1736.
2. John, b. Nov. 3, 1738, who was many years insane and con- fined in a cage.
3. Mary.
4. David.
5. Margaret, b. 1746; m. Robert Forsaith, and moved to New Chester, 1770; had 5 children born there. and returned to the Dea. Tolford place, where they had 4 more children. He d. 1810.
TOWLE.
CALEB TOWLE was son of Philip Towle and Isabel Asten of Hampton; b. May 14, 1678; m. Zipporah Bracket. He was one of the Society for Settling the Chestnut Country, attended the first meeting, was chosen one of the committee to manage the affairs of the Society, and likewise one of the committee to lay out the Home Lots. He was also one of the grantees of the first saw- mill, and owned a part of it up to the time of making his will, Sept., 1763, and gave it to his sons Anthony and Francis. They had nine sons and three daughters.
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CALEB, the second, b. May 9, 1701, had by the will his .O. HI. lot. No. 12, on which Elisha, his son, had previously settled, being a petitioner for a road in 1761.
ANTHONY, the third son, b. April 30, 1703, m. Sarah Hobbs, Nov. 7, 1734. IIe settled on the southwest end of H. L. 53 and 151, bought of the Cliffords; Samuel Emerson buying the northi- east end. He was constable in 1734. Administration granted to Phineas Towle May, 1765. Children : -
I. Reuben, b. 1735.
II. Samuel, b. Nov. 20, 1737, m. Mary, dan. of Thomas Dear- born, March 13, 1760; d. 1793. He settled on the south half of No. 49, 2dl P., 2d D., near school-house No. 4 in Candia. Chil- dren :-
1. Elizabeth, b. 1761.
2. Thomas, b. April 18, 1767, m. Sally, dan. of Walter Robic, Esq., and lived on the homestead.
3. Samuel, b. 1769, m. Lydia, dan. of Abraham Sargent, 1792; kept tavern several years in the Toppan Webster house.
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