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EDWARD, son of Thomas and Hannah ( Welch) SCRIBNER, b. in Kingston April 27, 1711 ; m., May 8, 1735, RACHEL WEBSTER ; res. Kingston.
Hannah, b. 1735.
THOMAS,
b. Jan. 1, 1737-'38 ; m. Sarah Colby.
John,
b. Sept. 8, 1740.
Edward,
b. Dec. 16, 1742.
Benjamin, b. Nov. 14, 1745.
Ebenezer, b. July 21, 1748.
THOMAS, son of Edward and Rachel (Webster) SCRIBNER, h. Kingston Jan. 1, 1737-'38 ; d. Andover, Nov. 24, 1821 ; m., Kingston, Sept. 10, 1760, SARAH COLBY. 3 Mr. Scribner moved to Salisbury, N. H .; res. there as early as 1765; afterwards moved to An- dover, settling on the eastern part of Beech Hill, on the west
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side of the road leading from the old turnpike, near the Silas Fifield place, to the farm buildings owned in 1906 by James Lorden, and about 30 rods from the turnpike. Thomas Scrib- ner's name is on the tax list for 1785. In 1799 and 1800 his son, David, paid the tax on the real estate. David, Jonathan and Albert were taxed in the Beech Hill school district in 1825. Ebenezer,* b. Kingston July 2, 1761; res. Andover ; m.
(1) - -; wife d. Sept. 14, 1783; m. (2), Sept. 9, 1784, MEIIITABLE TUCKER Of Salisbury.
Batte ( ?),
b. Kingston Aug. 10, 1763.
Rachel,
b. Kingston Dec. 12, 1765.
DAVID,
b. May 12, 1767; m. Hannah Day.
Jonathan,
b. -; m. in Hopkinton Aug. 15, 1796; drowned soon after marriage.
Mehitable,
b. ; m. Jacob Dudley (see).
Hannah,
b. ; m. William Roberts.
Olive,
b. -; m. William Keyser (see).
Rachel,
b.
DAVID, son of Thomas and Sarah (Colby) SCRIBNER, b. May 12, 1767; d. Andover May 11, 1853 ; m., Andover, Nov. 22, 1790, HANNAH DAY of Andover. They had nine ch. Of these :
Albert G. b. Andover - -; m. - -; d. Ogden, N. Y., April 16, 1893. His wife d. in 1885, in her 76th year; two sons, Gilman and Harvey. The latter res. in Dakota. Sewall B., b. -; n. -; a son, Hon. G. Hilton Scribner, and 3 daughters res. in Roches- ter, N. Y. b.
Silas,
SAMUEL, son of Thomas and Hannah (Welch) SCRIBNER, b. in Kingston April 29, 1716 ; res. Kingston until 1753, when he came to Salis- bury, N. H., and settled on the "North Road." He m., in King- ston, Nov. 4, 1740, HANNAHI, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah (Jud- kins) WEBSTER. He and Robert Barber, also of Salisbury, were captured by Indians on the same day, Aug. 16, 1754, that Timothy Cook and Mrs. Philip Call were killed by the savages. Scribner and Barber were carried by their captors to Canada. After Scribner's return from captivity he built the large house
* No record has been found to show definitely whether it was Ebenezer son of Samuel (see p. 318) or Ebenezer son of Thomas ; who m. Mehitable Tucker. But it is known that Ebenezer son of Thomas resided in Andover and the weight of evidence shows that he m. Mehitable.
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on the "North Road," since known as the Scribner house. He subsequently, as early as 1767, moved to Andover, settling on the farm next east of Otis R. Connor's. The house standing there in 1880 was built by Mr. Scribner's son, Josiah. Mr. Scribner was a soldier in Colonel Moore's regiment at the siege of Louisburg. He served in the Indian wars of 1756, 1757 and 1758, and in the three expeditions to Crown Point. He d. in Andover Feb. 5, 1794, and it is supposed that he was buried in Boston Hill cemetery.
Susannah,
b. in Kingston Oct. 29, 1741; m. Lieut. John Rowe.
SAMUEL,
b. in Kingston Dec. 28, 1743; m. Rano.
- Iddo, Joseph, Hannah,
b. in Kingston Feb. 12, 1745.
b. in Kingston Feb. 12, 1745.
b. in Kingston Feb. 1, 1747; m. Samuel Rano.
JOSIAH,
b. in Kingston July 11, 1750; m. (1) Cross ; m. (2) Mrs. Mary A. (White) Farmer.
Iddo, b. in Kingston Nov. 11, 1752; m. (1) Mrs. Judith Brown; m. (2) Mrs. Huldah (Morse) Jewett.
b. in Salisbury March 28, 1755.
Ebenezer, Mary, b. in Salisbury Oct. 5, 1759; m. Edward Clifford.
Elizabeth, b. in Salisbury Aug. 14, 1762.
SAMUEL, son of Samuel and Hannah (Webster) SCRIBNER, b. in Kingston Dec. 28, 1743; d. in Liberty Township, Franklin, afterwards Deleawar Co., Ohio ; m. - , dau. of Elias and Mary (Sev- erance) RANO ; res. Andover, Salisbury, Poultney, Vt., and Lib- erty, Ohio; removed from Andover to Salisbury about 1775 ; to Poultney, Vt., about 1792; thence to Salisbury again. In 1803 he moved to New York, settling near Schroon Lake, thence to Liberty, Ohio.
Sarah,
b. Salisbury Nov. 26, 1781 ; m., Middletown, Vt., Dec. 4, 1806, Robert Keyes.
SAMUEL, b. Salisbury Feb. 6, 1784 ; m. Almira Clark.
John,
b. Salisbury about 1786; m. - res. Ohio; several ch.
Elias, b. Salisbury about 1790; m. Alice Munroe ; res. Deleware Co., Ohio.
Several other ch.
The census for 1790 gives, in Salisbury, Samuel Scribner and wife, with five sons and four daughters.
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SAMUEL, son of Samuel and - (Rano) SCRIBNER, b. in Salisbury Feb. 6, 1784 ; d. in Marion, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1880 ; m., in Liberty, Ohio, ALMIRA, dau. of Israel CLARK. She d. Nov. 20, 1872, a. 81. Mr. Scribner served in an Ohio regiment in the War of 1812.
b. Nov. 16, 1810 ; d. young.
Harvey Clark, ,
b. June 25, 1812 ; m. Sarah Rush Stone.
Lucy,
b. Nov. 20, 1814 ; m. Strother Hood.
Hiram,
b. Dec. 24, 1816; m. Nancy Hatch.
Henry,
b. Feb. 1, 1819 ; m. Rachel Rush.
William,
b. April 29, 1821; m. Susan Newberry.
Mary,
b. Nov. 16, 1823; m. Isaiah Hoover.
Artemissa, b. Jan .25, 1826 ; m. George W. Hull.
Martha, b. Aug. 5, 1828 ; m. Edward Cadwallader.
Harriet, b. April 17, 1831; m. Jonathan Gunder.
Elizabeth, b. July 12, 1833 ; m. John Bain.
All of the above children settled in Central Ohio and reared large fam- ilies. Among the descendants is Byron Scribner of Chicago, said to be a painter of national reputation. George W. and Artemissa (Scribner) Hull were the grandparents of Orra E. Mounette, a prosperous attorney- at-law, Los Angeles, Cal.
Capt. JOSIAH, son of Samuel and Hannah ( Webster) SCRIBNER, b. in Kingston July 11, 1750 ; d. Andover Aug. 13, 1821 ; m. (1) CROSS ; m. (2) MRS. MARY A. (WHITE) FARMER. Mr. Scrib- ner came from Salisbury to Andover about 1767 and settled with his father on the farm next east of Otis Connor's.
Samuel, b. -; m., Nov. 2, 1796, Catherine
Marston.
Hannah, b. -; m., Dec. 1, 1789, Wadleigh Clougli.
Josiah, b. ---; m. Hannah Roberts.
Phebe, b. Nov. 28, 1776 ; m. Israel Marston.
Charlotte, b.
JOHN,
b. Jan. 28, 1784; m. Abigail Emery.
Polly, b. --- -; m. Obadiah Worth Rowe.
WILLIAM, b. 1790 ; m. Nancy Shepard.
Parker, b. -; m., Aug. 23, 1806, Betsey Emery.
Arethusa, b. -; m., July 5, 1829, Thomas Cross of Wilmot.
Mary Ann,
b.
BENJAMIN F.,
b. 1806; m. Abigail Brown.
Isaac W., b. 1808; was a physician; res. Lowell, Mass .; d. 1864.
Jonathan F., b.
(The proper order of the above names is uncertain.)
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
JOHN, son of Capt. Josiah and - (Cross) SCRIBNER, b. in Andover Jan. 28, 1784; d. in Ashland June 25, 1867; m. in Loudon ABIGAIL, dau. of Nathaniel EMERY. She was b. in Andover Oct. 19, 1787; d. in Ashland Dec. 15, 1878. Mr. Scribner's children all b. in East Andover.
Ambrose, b. June 13, 1817 ; d. in Ashland, unm., May 31, 1891.
FRANKLIN, b. July 9, 1819 ; m. Marcia E. Hackett.
John C., b. April 14, 1822 ; d. in Ashland. unm., April 1, 1895.
Darius. b. Nov. 5, 1824 ; d. in Bow, unm., Aug. 16, 1842.
Lewis, b. Feb. 5, 1827 ; d. in Ashland, unm., May 9, 1871.
Asenath, b. Jan. 1, 1833.
FRANKLIN, son of John and Abigail (Emery) SCRIBNER, b. at East An- dover July 9, 1819 ; d. Whitefield Feb. 9, 1885 ; m., May 20, 1855, MARCIA EMILY HACKETT of New Hampton.
Ida Grace, b. Ashland Feb. 16, 1858; m., Nov. 1, 1881, William B. Fellows; res. Tilton ; 3 cli.
Carrie Adelaide, b. Ashland March 16, 1862; m .. Dec. 17, 1890, Hiram A. Marston.
George Edwin, b. Ashland Dec. 7, 1863; m., June 1, 1897, Emma H. Mead of New Hampton.
WILLIAM, son of Capt. Josiah and - (-) SCRIBNER, was b. in Andover in 1790; d. in Andover 1857; m. in Boscawen, 1810, NANCY SHEPARD, b. in New York; d. in Andover 1855. Mr. Scribner lived near where George W. Keniston now lives on the Plain.
JONATHAN, b. May 26, 1813; m., 1843, Ann (Chase) Hancock ; d. Aug. 26, 1888.
Betsey, b. - -; d. 1842; unmi.
Mary, b. -; m. Frank Roe, Haverhill, Mass .; no ch.
JOHN, b. Jan. 1, 1816 ; m. (1) Martha M. Scovell ; m. (2) Matilda H. Booth.
Osgood, b. ; d. 1828.
(Infant), b. -; d. Dec. 29, 1829.
OSGOOD,
b. 1830; m. Mary A. -
Andrew Jackson.
b. 1832; m., April 29, 1869, Emily Ann Rowe; d. April 10, 1872 ; no ch.
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Abbie, b. 1834; m., 1867, David Trumbull; d. in Hill 1893.
Harriet M., b. 1838; m., 1860, Henry C. Buzzell.
JONATHAN, son of William and Nancy (Shepard) SCRIBNER, was b. in Andover May 26, 1813 ; d. in Andover Aug. 26. 1888; m., 1843, ANN (CHASE) HANCOCK, b. Jan. 31, 1813 ; d. June 4, 1875.
Frances A., b. May 27, 1844 ; m., Dec. 31, 1872, B. W. Daniels.
Clara C., b. April 30, 1845; m., May 23, 1872, Frank Hill. George L., b. Aug. 28, 1847.
JOIN, son of William and Nancy (Shepard) SCRIBNER, was b. in Andover Jan. 1, 1816 ; d. Sept. 24, 1890; res. in Newport; m. (1), March 16, 1843, MARTHA M. SCOVELL of Walpole, b. April 3, 1821; d. Nov. 18, 1850 ; m. (2) MATILDA H. BOOTH, b. May 3, 1826.
Elbridge L., b. Jan. 29, 1846; mı. Etta Littlefield of Ames, Mass. ; res. Suncook ; 2 ch.
Clara Matilda, b. March 17, 1853; m. Willard Eastman of Goshen; 6 ch.
George A., b. March 31, 1855; m. Celia Cutts ; 3 ch.
Jennie M., b. Sept. 19, 1858 ; m. David Dudley ; 4 ch.
OSGOOD, son of William and Nancy (Shepard) SCRIBNER, was b. in An- dover 1830 ; m., 1853, MARY A. - -. He d. 1892.
Everett, b. Sept. 13, 1854; m., 1878 : d. April, 1899. Will, b. 1857.
Norman, b. 1860; m. 1889.
Edward, b. 1863; d. 1865.
Arthur, b. 1868; d. 1870.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, son of Josiah and Mary A. (White) Farmer SCRIBNER, was b. in Andover, 1806 ; d. in Andover Dec. 30, 1890 ; m., Oct. 21, 1829, ABIGAIL, dau. of Moses and Abigail (True) BROWN of Andover.
Abigail B., b. June 7, 1831; m. Gilbert T. Kilburn. Frank B.,
b. May 13, 1834; m. (1) Mrs. Nettie Dud- ley; m. (2) Helen I. Stanley.
Frances A., b. May 12, 1836; m. Owen B. Stevens.
Mary E., b. Feb. 9, 1843; m. Calvin Campbell.
GEORGE H., b. Jan. 21, 1849; m. Lucia Ella Thompson.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
GEORGE HENRY, son of Benjamin Franklin and Abigail (Brown) SCRIB- NER, was b. in Andover Jan. 21, 1849; m., June 5, 1870, LUCIA ELLA, dau. of Moses P. and Lucia Ann (Garland) THOMPSON of Salisbury, b. Dec. 3, 1854.
Mary Alice, b. in Salisbury Oct. 11, 1871; d. April 4, 1872.
Harold Frank, b. in Salisbury Jan. 21, 1875; d. Nov. 12, 1883.
Katie May, b. in Salisbury March 2, 1878.
Ethel Stanley, b. in Salisbury Aug. 24, 1879; m., July 14, 1901, William Cody.
Ella Florence,
b. in Andover Nov. 13, 1887; m., July 16, 1907, Ernest W. Bliss.
IDDO, son of Samuel and Hannah ( Webster) SCRIBNER, b. in Kingston Nov. 11, 1752; d. in Andover Feb. 5, 1831; res. in Salisbury on the Jesse Stevens farm until about 1820, when he moved to Andover. He m. (1), Dec. 30, 1773, wid. JUDITH BROWN, who had a son, Laban, b. Jan. 31, 1770, who m., Aug. 22, 1793, Sarah Danforth and moved to Wilmot; m. (2) wid. HULDAH ( MORSE) JEWETT of Ipswich, Mass. She had a dau., Fannie N., who m. Benjamin Huntoon, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Huntoon) Brown of Andover. Mr. Scribner was a Revolutionary soldier at Bennington.
Jonathan,
b. April 18, 1775; res. in Vermont.
Ebenezer,
b. May 23, 1777; res. in Vermont.
Johannah,
b. March 20, 1779; d. unm.
Iddo,
b. Sept. 20, 1780; m .; res. Salisbury and Vermont.
Samuel, b. June 20, 1782; m., 1805, Hannah Peaslee; res. Salisbury and Wilmot.
Josiah,
b. Dec. 5, 1784; m. Charity -; d. in Henniker.
JEREMIAH J., b. April 5, 1814; m. Elizabeth Stevens.
Eunice P., b. -; m. Jonathan Morrill.
JEREMIAH JEWETT, son of Iddo and Huldah Morse (Jewett) SCRIBNER, b. Salisbury April 5, 1814 ; d. Andover April 28, 1861; m., Nov. 28, 1833, ELIZABETH, dau. of Daniel and Polly STEVENS. She d. May 23, 1881; eleven ch., all b. in Salisbury.
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SEARLES.
CHARLES EASTMAN, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Kimball) SEARLES, b. -; d. April 20, 1870; m., Oct. 26, 1863, MARY JANE, dau. of Bethuel and Hannah (Searles) LOCKE of Stoddard, N. H .; she was b. Aug. 3, 1835.
Elizabeth M., b. May 11, 1864.
Auretta, b. Aug. 20, 1865; m., April 25, 1885, Nel- son Bean of Wilmot. She d. Dec., 1885.
Nellie Eva, b. Dec. 20, 1866; m., Sept. 12, 1895, Arthur Benson Cross, who d. Concord Jan. 22, 1905.
Minnie Bell,
b. Dec. 11, 1869.
SEAVEY.
GEORGE SEAVEY, , b. ---; d. -; m. HANNAH FLOOD; res. in Deerfield.
HENRY, b. in Deerfield; m. Joanna Cilley of An- dover.
Susanna, b. in Deerfield May 25, 1778; m. Job Cil- ley (see).
Joanna, b. in Deerfield 1780.
Jane, b. in Deerfield 1780.
JOSHUA, b. in Deerfield; m. (1) Nancy Stevens; m. (2) Sally Cilley.
HENRY, son of George and Hannah (Flood) SEAVEY, was b. in Deerfield; d. in Andover Sept. 4, 1857, a. 84; m., Aug. 24, 1797, JOANNA, dau. of Aaron and Elizabeth (Dodge) CILLEY of Cilleyville.
Hannah, b. Jan. 25, 1798; m. Jonathan Keniston (see).
Enoch F., b. June 12, 1801; m., Dec. 25, 1823, Martha, dau. of William and Betsey (Tucker) True; no ch.
Henry, Betsey,
b. Dec. 1, 1802.
b. Oct. 23, 1804; m. William (see).
Keniston
Aaron,
b. Sept. 7, 1806.
Nathaniel,
b. Sept. 26, 1808; d. Dec., 1871.
Jane,
b. Aug. 20, 1810.
Joanna, b. Oct. 10, 1812.
Deborah,
b. May 25, 1816.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
JOSHUA, son of George and Hannah (Flood) SEAVEY, was b. in Deerfield; d. in Andover July 20, 1849; res. in Andover; m. (1) in Lou- don, July 14, 1799, NANCY STEVENS of Loudon, who d. in An- dover April 7, 1838; m. (2), July 14, 1833, SALLY, dau. of Philip and Priscilla (Keniston) CILLEY; Sally m. (2) Stephen Brown of Wilmot.
ANDREW, True,
b.
- - -; m. Lydia Elkins. b. -; m. Sarah Ann, dau. of Moses and Hannah (Colby) Trussell. He d. Springdale, Me., Jan. 8, 1886. She d. at Dover June 29, 1885.
David,
b. -; m., April 2, 1829, Betsey Mor- gan.
Alpheus, b. -; m., March 4, 1829, Almena San- born, who d. Plymouth May 10, 1831.
Susan A., b. July 14, 1834; m. Jesse F. Wilson (see). Eleanora F., b. May 19, 1836; m., July 4, 1853, Jacob B. Mooar.
Ploma F.,
b. March 19, 1838; d. Oct. 8, 1839.
ANDREW, son of Joshua and Nancy (Stevens) SEAVEY, was b. in Andover -; d. in Andover Aug. 4, 1848, a. 47; m., -, LYDIA, dau. of Jeremiah and Lydia (Jenness) ELKINS. She d. in An- dover Feb. 18, 1853.
Herman Jenness, Mary Pike, b. Jan. 28, 1828; m. William W. Tilton of Andover.
b. Dec., 1826; d. Jan. 7, 1827.
ANDREW JACKSON,
b. Oct. 7, 1830; m., May 9, 1855, Aurilla Lovina Pierce.
Samuel Jenness, JAMES MUNROE,
b. Sept. 2, 1832; d. Aug. 30, 1834.
JOHN QUINCY, Lydia Jane,
b. July 28, 1835; m. (1), May 23, 1857, Lucy Cutting Corey; (2) Vansana Jeffors. b. May 27, 1837; m. Drusilla Jane Stewart. b. Jan. 31, 1839; m. Johu Hills of Barn- stead.
Joseph,
b. April 19, 1843; d. April 29, 1843.
ANDREW JACKSON, son of Andrew and Lydia (Elkins) SEAVEY, was b. Oct. 7, 1830; d. in Andover Dec. 5, 1897; m., May 9, 1855, AU- RILLA LOVINA, dau. of Matthew H. PIERCE of New London; b. Jan. 2, 1838, at Canaan, N. H.
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GENEALOGIES.
Allen Jenness,
b. July 9, 1857; m., June 27, 1880, Mary Hannah, dau. of Silas H. and Anna B. Chase of Andover; lived in Wilmot.
b. March 20, 1860; d. Sept. 17, 1861.
b. Jan. 25, 1863; m. Fred W. Downes.
b. May 17, 1866 ; m., Sept. 15, 1886, at Wil- mot, Emma D. Perkins.
Arthur Clarence,
b. May 17, 1869; m., Feb. 15, 1891, Elsie M. Chase.
Addie May,
b. March 11, 1872.
Lovina Madge,
b. Sept. 30, 1875; m., Sept. 9, 1893, Frank M. Lull.
JAMES MUNROE, son of Andrew and Lydia (Elkins) SEAVEY, was b. July 28, 1835; d. Dec. 10, 1896; m. (1), May 23, 1857, LUCY CUT- TING, dau. of John COREY of Landaff; m. (2), Aug. 31, 1893, VAN- SANA JEFFORS of Springfield ; d. Sept. 20, 1894. Mr. Seavey was a soldier in First N. E. Cavalry.
Emma Lucinda, b. Aug. 1, 1858; m. Wilbur L. Drury.
A son, b. -; d. in infancy.
Ada May,
b. March 29, 1866.
JOHN QUINCY, son of Andrew and Lydia (Elkins) SEAVEY, b. Andover May 27, 1837 ; m., in Concord, DRUSILLA JANE, dau. of Benjamin R. and Abiah S. (Elliot) STEWART; b. Bow Jan. 31, 1833. Mr. Seavey res. Andover.
Sylvanus R. Stewart, b. Dec. 23, 1858; unm. Clara Etta, b. April 9, 1862; m. Orrin Vittum; res. Plymouth; 3 ch.
Mary Lydia, b. March 10, 1866; m. Arthur H. Kibbe; res. E. Springfield; 1 ch.
Laura, b. Aug. 31, 1869; m. Harry G. Keniston.
Hiram Herman, b. June 7. 1875; m., Oct. 14, 1898, Emma Maria Crosby; 1 son.
SEVERANCE.
JOHN SEVERANCE was a shipmaster and was b. in England. As mas- ter of the vessel George, he brought a company of emigrants to New England in 1635. He m., Ipswich, Eng., ABIGAIL KIMBALL and was of Ipswich in 1636. Later he settled in Salisbury, Mass., where he received land in "first division" in 1639, 1640 and 1654; was "commoner" and taxed in 1650 and 1652; described in Salisbury records as "planter, victualler and vintner." His first wife, Abigail, d. June 19, 1658; m. (2),
Hannah, Lillie Anna,
Walter Jackson,
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
Oct. 27, 1663, SUSANNA wid. of Henry Ambrose. Will writ- ten April 7, 1682; d. April 9, 1682; Susanna was living in 1692.
Samuel, b. Sept. 19, 1637; d. young.
Ebenezer, b. March 7, 1639; d. 1667; unm.
Abigail, b. Jan. 7, 1641; d. March 7, 1641.
Abigail, b. May 25, 1643; m., Nov. 29, 1664, John Church.
Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1645; m., Nov. 3, 1663, James Coffin.
John, b. Nov. 27, 1647; m., Aug. 15, 1672, Mary
Joseph, b. Feb. 15, 1649-'50; living in 1665. .
Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1652; d. June 23, 1656.
Benjamin, b. Jan., 1654; living in 1665.
EPHRAIM, b. April 8, 1656; m., Nov. 9, 1682, Lydia Morrill.
Elizabeth, b. June 17, 1658; m., 1686, Samuel East- man of Salisbury, Mass .; d. Feb. 5, 1662 -'63.
A dau., b. June 17, 1658; d. June 23, 1658.
EPHRAIM, tenth ch. of John and Abigail (Kimball) SEVERANCE, b. Salis- bury, Mass., April 8, 1656; d. -; m., in Salisbury, Nov.
9, 1682, LYDIA MORRILL; res. Salisbury, Mass.
Abigail, b. Aug. 29, 1683; m. (1) Joseph Abbey of Exeter; m. (2) Philip Greeley.
Mary,
b. July 2, 1685; m., March 14, 1711-'12, Abraham Watson.
Lydia,
b. Jan. 15, 1687-'88.
EPHRAIM, b. Dec. 2, 1689; m. Mary Burnham.
Dinah, b. Sept. 3, 1692; m., Jan. 6, 1713-'14, John Dow.
Ebenezer,
b. Nov. 29, 1694.
Sarah, b. Feb. 7. 1697-'98.
Jonathan, b. April 21, 1700.
Hannah, b. Dec. 13, 1702.
EPHRAIM, son of Ephraim and Lydia (Morrill) SEVERANCE, b. Salisbury, Mass., Dec. 2, 1689 ; d. -; m., in Kingston, N. H., Nov. 25, 1714, MARY BURNHAM; res. Kingston.
Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1715; m., April 5, 1742, Elias Reno.
BENJAMIN,
b. - -; m. Ruth Long.
Elizabeth, b.
Joseph, b.
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GENEALOGIES.
John,
b. -.
Ephraim,
bap. July 23, 1727; m., Oct. 25, 1749, Eliza- beth Sweat.
Jacob, bap. July 27, 1729; m., Aug. 22, 1753, Sarah George.
Samuel,
bap. May 9, 1731.
BENJAMIN, son of Ephraim and Mary (Burnham) SEVERANCE, b. Kings- ton -; d. - -, in Chester; m., Kingston, Feb. 12, 1744-'45, RUTH, daughter of William LONG; removed to Ches- ter in 1751; Ruth d. in Chester in 1816, a. about 90.
JOSEPH, b. July 21, 1745; m. Anna Currier.
Peter, b. - -; m. Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Hull; res. in Salisbury.
William, b. - -; res, on east side of Searle's Hill in Salisbury.
Lieut. JOSEPH, son of Benjamin and Ruth (Long) SEVERANCE, b. in Kingston July 21, 1745; d. in Andover March 16, 1813; m., Ches- ter, Feb. 12, 1771, ANNA, dan. of Gideon CURRIER; she d. Oct. 20, 1813. Mr. Severance came from Chester to Andover in 1769. Afterwards bought land in Salisbury and built the first house on the Eliphalet Shaw place.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1771; d. July, 1773.
Isaac,
b. Oct. 4, 1773.
David,
b. Jan. 30, 1775.
JAMES,
b. Dec. 19, 1776; m. Sarah True.
Anna,
b. Feb. 18, 1779; d. May 28, 1790.
Lydia,
b. Jan. 17, 1781; d. June 16, 1809.
Joseph,
b. Jan. 1, 1783; d. Oct. 10, 1828.
Benjamin,
b. April 18, 1785.
JOHN, b. May 30, 1787; m. Abigail True.
Richard, b. May 2, 1789.
Dea. JAMES, son of Lieut. Joseph and Anna (Currier) SEVERANCE of Chester, was b. Dec. 19, 1776; d. March 10, 1854; buried near Smith's Corner in Salisbury ; m., in Plainfield, Aug. 21, 1803, SARAH TRUE, b. June 16, 1785; d. Feb. 12, 1865.
Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1806; m., Feb. 25, 1844, Enoch Rowe.
ZIBA,
b. July 20, 1807; m., Oct. 27, 1836, Sarah Ann Weare.
Royal,
b. Feb. 5, 1809; d. Jan. 28, 1814.
Salina, b. Oct. 6, 1810; d. Nov. 10, 1810.
Pascal P., b. Sept. 12, 1811; d. Dec. 31, 1830.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
Salina,
b. Nov. 12, 1814; m., Nov. 23, 1837, San- born Shaw.
Harriet Newell, b. Aug. 6, 1816; m. (1), Sept. 18, 1838, A. J. Tucker; (2) Samuel Morrill; d. Feb. 21, 1853.
Judith T.,
b. March, 1818; m., Dec. 30, 1841, Charles S. Sargent of New London.
Sarah T., b. Dec. 24, 1819; m., Dec. 24, 1840, John R. Brown; d. in Brockport, N. Y., May 19, 1898; 2 ch.
Nancy Judson, b. Sept. 9, 1821; m., March 24, 1842, An- drew Jackson Cilley; d. March 4, 1844.
RUTH W., b. Nov. 10, 1823; m., April 20, 1848, Daniel C. Stevens.
Aurelia T ..
b. April 12, 1826; m., May 22, 1851, Wil- liam Dunlap of Salisbury; d. March 31, 1855.
The first five children were b. in Derby, Vt .; the others in Andover.
ZIBA, son of Deacon James and Sarah (True) SEVERANCE, was b. in Derby, Vt., July 20, 1807; d. in Andover Nov. 14, 1894; m., Oct. 27, 1836, SARAH ANN, dau. of Timothy aud Sarah (Bachelder) WEARE, b. Aug. 11, 1808; d. Feb. 3, 1891.
Eliza Jane,
b. Sept. 25, 1837; m., April 23, 1872, Scott J. Appleton; 1 ch. Mrs. Appleton d. March 15, 1907.
Mary Weare,
b. Nov. 13, 1838.
Sarah Adams,
b. Feb. 29, 1840; m., Dec. 29, 1880, Daniel B. Cummings.
Benjamin True, b. May 31, 1843; m., Jan. 29, 1872, Deborah Caroline Connor; d. Sept. 17, 1889.
Laura Ann, b. June 6, 1851; m., Dec. 27, 1876, J. Henry Smith; d. April 7, 1891; 3 ch.
SEVERANCE-STEVENS.
RUTH W., dau. of Dea. James and Sarah (True) SEVERANCE, b. Andover Nov. 10, 1823; m., April 20, 1848, DANIEL C., son of Moses and Nancy (Colby) STEVENS of Salisbury, b. Jan. 3, 1826; res. Salis- bury, where he d. Sept. 27, 1894.
Eveline, b. Jan. 10, 1852; d. Jan. 4, 1856. True O., b. Aug. 29, 1856.
Amelia A.,
b. Oct. 29, 1858.
John Arthur, b. Aug. 14, 1861; d. May 9, 1894.
Sadie May, b. May 7, 1865.
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GENEALOGIES.
JOHN, son of Lieut. Joseph and Anna (Currier) SEVERANCE of Chester, was b. May 30, 1787; d. in Wilmot, N. H., Aug. 31, 1851; m., Feb. 3, 1811, ABIGAIL TRUE, b. March 29, 1793; d. Aug. 31, 1873. Mr. Severance lived at Wilmot Flat.
Ransom, b. Dec. 12, 1811; m., May 3, 1838, d. July 26, 1887.
Emily, b. Sept. 5, 1813; m., Sept. 8, 1839, Aaron Cilley; d. July 20, 1882.
John,
b. Aug. 1, 1815; m., Feb. 11, 1841, -; d. March 19, 1892.
Newell, b. March 19, 1817; m., March 3, 1847, -.
Hermon R.,
b. Sept. 16, 1818; d. July 27, 1844.
Roxey A., b. April 13, 1820; m., Nov. 17, 1840, Sam- uel Durgin; d. Dec. 13, 1875.
Herod T.,
b. March 1, 1822; m., Nov. 5, 1846,
Rhoda T.,
b. Jan. 8, 1824; m., April 13, 1851, Dill; d. Oct. 24, 1860.
Lavinia,
b. Sept. 11, 1825; m., Sept. 11, 1851, Fisher; d. Jan. 23, 1866.
Sarah B., b. Aug. 22, 1827; m., Oct. 27, 1850, Jacob F. White.
Abigail,
b. March 15, 1829; d. Aug. 7, 1847.
Mary E.,
b. Dec. 24, 1832; m., Nov. 18, 1855, Robert Rowe; d. Dec. 25, 1884.
JOHN G., son of
and (-) SEVERANCE, b. 1814; m.
ANN - b. 1818. Mr. Severance was a blacksmith at the Center for several years.
George Elias, b. April 26, 1837.
Susan Frances,
b. March 23, 1839.
Adeline,
b. 1841.
John,
b. 1843.
Clinton,
b. 1845.
Ann, b. 1848.
Edward,
b. 1850.
SHAW.
Rev. ELIJAH, son of Elijah and Deborah (Nudd) SHAW, b. Kensington, N. H., Dec. 19, 1793; d. Fall River, Mass., May 5, 1851; m., at Andover, July 16, 1818, LYDIA, dau. Dea. William and Betsey (Tucker) TRUE of Andover.
Lydia Lucina, b. Sennett, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1820; m. John Harris Moore; d. Ticonderoga, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1860; 1 ch.
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HISTORY OF ANDOVER.
ELIJAH WILLIAM, b. Brutus, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1822; m. Nancy M. Nealy.
Letitia Johnson, b. Royalton, N. Y., July 7, 1827; m. George William Benn; d. Dover, N. H., April 6, 1887; no ch.
Zetta Augusta, b. Exeter, N. H., Oct. 16, 1839; m. Charles Parker Newell ; res. Fall River and West Medford, Mass .; 5 ch.
ELIJAH WILLIAM, son of Rev. Elijah and Lydia (True) SHAW, b. Bru- tus, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1822; d. West Newfield, Me., March 17, 1870; m., Sept. 18, 1843, NANCY M., dau. of Daniel and Betsey (Campbell) NEALY, b. Newfield, Me., Feb. 19, 1823; d. Ports- month, N. H., April 5, 1907. Mr. Shaw was a blacksmith and for several years had a shop in the village at East Andover. He res. at Exeter, N. H., East Andover, Effingham Falls and West Gorham, N. H., and West Newfield, Me.
William Adelbert, b. Exeter Jan. 20, 1845; m., June 2, 1869, Almeda Meserve; res. Cumberland Mills, Me.
Annie Lydia, b. Parsonsfield, Me., Aug. 11, 1848 ; m., Aug. 17, 1874, Charles H. Clough.
Harris More, b. East Andover July 24, 1854; m., Sept. 19, 1875, Jennie H. Varney; res. Dover, N. H .; 2 ch.
Caroline Augusta, b. East Andover April 27, 1857; m., 1877, Fred W. Tebbetts; d. Dover June 17, 1878 ; 1 dau.
Newell Herbert, b. Freedom, N. H., June 3, 1860 ; m., June 2, 1890, Emma Currier; res. Dover.
AUGUSTUS, son of John and Abigail (Nichols) SIIAW, was b. in Salis- bury March 26, 1821; came from Salisbury to Andover April 30, 1857; d. in Andover July 22, 1889; m., Feb. 12, 1846, MARY TUCKER, b. in Andover Dec. 4, 1821 ; d. in Andover Aug. 12, 1871. George Franklin, b. July 25, 1847; m., Oct. 7, 1880, Esther Rebekah Hill of Bristol. He d. May 1, 1890.
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