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THIRD GENERATION
5. Thomas Drew (Francis2, William1), born about 1672, married Tamsen __ . He and wife were captured by Indians 1694. He was taken to Canada and his wife to Norridgewock, Me. Both returned before 1698. They lived on the shore of Little Bay, north of Branson's Creek, where they are said to have had fourteen children. They were admitted to church 3 March 1727. [See her deposition concerning her captivity.] She died at the age of 89. He died shortly after, at the age of 90. The place where they lived is now known as the Richard Kent place, and the old burial ground may be seen, with a few fallen headstones. The following children are known:
Infant, killed by Indians while his mother was in captivity.
14. JOSEPH b. 1704; m. Elizabeth Adams.
15. FRANCIS bapt. 5 April 1727; m. Phebe Adams.
16. THOMAS bapt. 5 April 1727; m. Judith --- (?).
17. ELIJAH bapt. 5 April 1727.
TAMSEN bapt. 5 April 1727; m. (1) Joseph Drew, (2) Paul Hayes.
MARTHA bapt. 5 April 1727; had land in Rochester, 1744. ABIGAIL bapt. 5 April 1727; had land in Rochester, 1744. MARY bapt. 5 April 1727; had land in Rochester, 1744. JOHN bapt. 6 Aug. 1727; had deed from his father in 1744. RUTH bapt. 6 Aug. 1727.
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6. John Drew (Francis2, William1) escaped through a window at the time of the massacre, 1694, and probably was killed by Indians, 27 April 1706, as says Pike's Journal. Dec. 29, 1727, Joseph Wheeler and Mary, his wife, Zachariah Edgerly and Joanna, his wife, deeded to Francis Mathes thirty acres, "granted to our father John Drew of Oyster River deceased, which grant was granted to him the 23 of June 1701." [N. H. Prov. Deeds, XXIV, 452.] Notice that this John Drew was of Oyster River, and John Drew, Sr., never lived at Oyster River. Again, 13 July 1747 John Drew, Joseph Drew, Joseph Wheeler and wife, Mary, Zachariah Edgerly and wife, Joanna, divide land in Durham which Thomas Drew, son of Francis, purchased of Margaret Squire in 1701. [N. H. Prov. Deeds, XXXIII, 395.] It is probable that John Drew married and that his wife was slain at the same time he was, and that they had two daughters:
MARY m. Joseph Wheeler, II Feb. 1724/5.
JOANNA m. Zachariah Edgerly, 1I May 1727.
7. John Drew (John2, William1), born about 1680 married, 24 May 1705, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Tucker) Hopley of Portsmouth. He died at Back River, Dover, in 17II. His widow married before 1734 - Pinkham.
18. JOHN b. 17 Oct. 1707; m. Abigail Wingate.
ELIZABETH b. 2 Oct. 1709; m. - Yeaton, father of Hopley Yeaton (?).
19. FRANCIS b. 24 Jan. 1712; m. Mary Hicks.
8. Francis Drew (John2, William1), born about 1682, married, 3 June 1713, Ann Wingate, daughter of Capt. John and Ann, born in Dover 2 Feb. 1694. He lived near the old garrison at Back River, where he died 10 May 1717. His widow married, I Jan. 1719, Daniel Titcomb of Dover, by whom she had Ann, Enoch, John, Abigail, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Sarah and Mary Titcomb. She died in 1787. Her will, 1766, may be seen in Strafford County Probate Records, Vol. II, p. 317. Francis Drew had only one child,
20. JOSEPH b. 8 April 1717; m. Tamsen Drew.
9. Lemuel Drew (John2, William1), born 26 May 1723, married, about 1745, Anna Bunker, daughter of Joseph and Ann (Giles) Bunker. He died on his farm at Back River, 25 Sept. 1759. His widow married Joseph Stevenson of Dover, by whom
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she had children, Abigail who m. - Gillette, Lemuel who m. - - Tibbetts, Margaret who m. Benjamin Wiggin, and Thomas who m. Sarah Johnson. Lemuel Drew was a soldier in King George's War and served as pilot to the volunteers under Capt. Ichabod Tibbetts, entering service 31 March 1744. It is stoutly claimed by descendants of Levi Drew of Holderness that Lemuel Drew had son, Levi, born 1743, who married Mary Baker, and another son, Moses of Holderness. If this be true, Lemuel Drew probably had a first wife, whose name has not been learned. I have found no documentary proof of this. Lemuel's family as here given is found in an old family Bible.
2I. JEDIDIAH b. 4 Nov. 1748; m. Abigail
JONATHAN b. 20 March 1750; m. Olive, dau. of Samuel and Olive (Kingman) Winkley; 1. in Barrington. SOBRIETY b. 15 May 1752; m. Ephraim Bunker. TEMPERANCE b. 15 March 1755; m. Jacob Thomas.
22. ANDREW b. 25 March 1758; m. Joanna Hodgdon.
IO. Thomas Drew (Thomas2, William1), born April 1689, married Tamsen, daughter of Joseph and Tamsen (Meserve) Ham who was born 19 July 1698. He received the homestead from his father in 1744. She was a widow in 1758 and married (2) Thomas Spinney of Kittery. Her death was published in a Portsmouth paper, 21 May 1799, "aged 90." When she was a girl, she was held captive several years by the Indians. The following were probably children of Thomas Drew:
THOMAS, JR. m. Sarah, a granddaughter of Joseph and Tamsen (Meserve) Ham, as a deed shows. The will of Thomas Drew of Madbury was probated in 1783, naming wife Sarah, son William, daughter Betty, wife of Richard Hussey, and daughters, Patience and Hannah.
DAVID, who had a deed from Thomas Drew, Jr., in 1738. He m. (1) Abigail Boody and had daughter, Molly, who m. 21 Feb. 1774, David Swain. David Drew m. (2) 24 April 1755, Widow Mary Evans of Durham and had chil- dren, James, Clement, Joseph, David, Molly, who m. 1784, Moses Foss, Nabby who m. Samuel Garland, and Comfort who m. Saunders.
The above David Drew, son of David and Mary (Evans), was born in Durham 2 July 1758 and removed to Barrington and thence to Barnstead, where he died 14 Jan. 1842. He married, 21 Dec. 1780, Martha, daughter of Richard and Mary (Clark) Waldron, born 28 Oct. 1759. She died 29 May 1855.
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JOSEPH b. II Aug. 1781 ; d. 8 March 1857; m. Abigail Foss. Ch., Anson, Martha, Polly.
DAVID b. 6 Nov. 1783; d. 24 March 1814.
JONATHAN b. 28 July 1786; d. 28 Sept. 1865; m. Mary Hall.
In 1837 he went to Richmond, Ohio, and thence to New- ton, Iowa. Ch., David, Alvin, Obed, Aaron, Joseph, Jonathan H., Dolly E., Elizabeth C., and Mary Emily.
MARTHA b. 19 Nov. 1788; d. II Sept. 1877; m. II Jan. 1816 Mark S. Blunt.
DOLLY b. 2 March 1791 ; d. 18 Feb. 1843.
AARON b. 12 Aug. 1793; d. 24 Oct. 1869; m. Elizabeth Gil- man. Ch., Orrin G., David, Elizabeth and Aaron, who m. Mary Blunt. Orrin G. Drew m. Mary Emily, dau. of Jonathan Drew, who was b. 26 Sept. 1830. Lived in Richmond, Ohio, and Newton, Iowa, and had children, Edwin C., d. at age of 18, Eliza E., who m. George G. Gwearingen of Madison Lake, Minn., William L., who is professor of law in Cornell University, and Gilman A., who is professor of biology at the University of Maine and instructor in the Maine Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. ABRAHAM b. 12 March 1796; d. 2 Aug. 1822; m.
Norris and had Waldron, Margaret and Martha.
LOVEY b. 24 Nov. 1801; d. 10 Aug. 1875; m. Humphrey Edgecomb.
II. William Drew (Thomas2, William1) married Mary, daughter of Robert and Welthen (Thomas) Huckins. William Drew and wife Deborah sold land to Solomon Davis in 1765. William Drew was selectman in Durham in 1744 and 1754 and was living in 1772. In 1755 he deeded land to William Drew, Jr., and in 1764 he deeded his homestead to Benjamin Drew. He had a daughter, Love Drew, who married Elijah Tibbetts, 23 Dec. 1738. Benjamin Drew of Durham and wife, Elizabeth, sold land to Moses Davis in 1765. Widow Elizabeth Drew was taxed in Durham in 1783 and 1786. [See page 117.]
March 29, 1750 William Drew of Durham and wife Mary sold to Joseph Smith right, etc., to 100 acres formerly granted to "our great grandfather Robert Burnham." [Deed at Exeter.] 12. Clement Drew (Thomas2, William1) married, 20 May 1718, Mary, daughter of Joseph Bunker and lived in Madbury. Clement Drew, Jr., was taxed in Madbury in 1765. Clement Drew sold nineteen acres in Madbury to Joseph Drew in 1771.
13. Meshech Drew (Thomas2, William1), had wife, Abigail, who with daughter, Patience, was baptized in Dover, 25 April
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1742. He and wife sold land to Joseph Drew of Madbury in 1765. Meshech Drew's estate was administered in 1786.
FOURTH GENERATION
14. Joseph Drew (Thomas3, Francis2, William1), born 1704, married Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Hugh and Susanna (Winborn) Adams, who was born in Chatham, Mass., 5 May 1713. He and wife, Elizabeth, witnessed a deed of the Rev. Hugh Adams to his son, Samuel, 2 June 1743, and purchased of John Adams, son of Hugh, 3 Oct. 1754, land near the Durham meeting house. Both were living in Durham, 24 Dec. 1790, when they made depositions, showing that he was born in 1704 and she in 1713.
23. JOSEPH b. 26 Oct. 1738; d. in Durham 18 March 1776; m. Elizabeth, widow of Ebenezer Crommett and dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth (-) Davis.
24. JOHN b. Aug. 1740; d. 25 Jan. 1825; m. Jane Scruton, who was b. 18 Nov. 1747 and d. 23 July 1812. He l. in Alton, Barnstead and Loudon.
25. ELIJAH b. 13 July 1747; d. in Newfield, Me., 18 Nov. 1841; m. (1) Lucy Chesley, (2) Abigail Clarage of Kittery, Me.
SALLY b. 23 Nov. 1757; d. at Newfield, Me., 13 Oct. 1851; m. 15 July 1776, Thomas, son of Daniel and Elizabeth ( --- ) Davis, who was b. in 1748 and d. at Newfield, Me., 3 Feb. 1832.
SAMUEL d. in Durham March 1800. His will names mother, Elizabeth, then 1. and ch. of brother, John, and sister, Sally.
15. Francis Drew (Thomas3, Francis2, William1) married Phebe, daughter of Dr. Samuel and Phebe (Chesley) Adams. Dr. Samuel Adams in his will, 1762, names daughter, Phebe Drew. Jan. 17, 1754, Samuel and Rebecca Adams deed land in Nottingham to son-in-law, Francis Drew. [N. H. Prov. Deeds, XLIV, 490.]
16. Thomas Drew (Thomas3, Francis2, William1) is supposed to be the one of Madbury who had wife, Judith (?), in 1762, when they sold land to Vincent Torr. Thomas Drew had land of his father, in Rochester, in 1741. He was admitted to Church in Rochester 6 Dec. 1741 and had the following children baptized. Thomas Drew died in Rochester in 1806, aged 95.
MARY Nov. 1735. SAMUEL 8 Aug. 1742.
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HANNAH 19 Dec. 1750. BENJAMIN 19 Dec. 1750. MARTHA 14 Aug. 1751. SARAH 15 Aug. 1755.
17. Elijah Drew (Thomas3, Francis2, William1), received from his father in 1738 all right in estate of his (Thomas1) father, Francis Drew, and of his grandfather, William Drew. He is mentioned in town records in 1749.
18. John Drew (John3, John2, William1), born 17 Oct. 1707, married prior to 1737 Abigail Wingate, daughter of John and Ann, and settled near the middle mill, on the west side of Salmon Falls River, in Somersworth. He was killed by lightning at Daniel Pitman's on a Sunday, May 1745. Widow Abigail was living in Somersworth in 1748. Children:
JOHN of Somersworth. Probably others.
19. Francis Drew (John3, John2, William1), born 24 Jan. 1712, married before 1737 Mary, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Davis) Hicks of Madbury, born Jan. 1725. He died in Madbury Feb. 1791. His will is dated I Jan. and was probated 9 March of that year. He may have had a second wife, Sarah.
ELIZABETH bapt. 31 July 1740; m. Benjamin Wentworth.
LoIs bapt. 31 July 1740; m. Capt. Ephraim Davis of Mad- bury.
BENAIAH bapt. 25 Aug. 1743; not named in his father's will. 25a. FRANCIS bapt. 22 May 1746; m. Lydia Furber.
26. JOHN born April 1747; m. Tamsen Drew, (2) Lois Tasker, (3) Dorothy Jackson.
26a. ANDREW b. 12 March 1750, m. Hannah Davis. SARAH m. Joseph Smith.
20. Joseph Drew (Francis3, John2, William1), born 8 April 1717, married Tamsen, daughter of Thomas and Tamsen Drew, who was born about 1718. He died in 1757, and his widow married Paul Hayes, Sr., of Barrington, where she was living in 1789. Children of Joseph Drew, all born at Back River:
27. FRANCIS b. 1738; m. Elizabeth Watson, (2) Widow Eunice Evans.
28. ELIJAH b. 1740; m. Abigail Thomas.
29. JOSEPH b. II Oct. 1747; m. Leah Nute, (2) Elizabeth Libby. TAMSEN b. 1750; m. Capt. John Drew, son of Francis, of Barrington.
ABIGAIL m. Paul Hayes, Jr., of Barrington.
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21. Jedidiah Drew (Lemuel3, John2, William1) was born at Back River, Dover, 4 Nov. 1748. He married Abigail - and removed to Wolfeboro, where he died in Jan. 1817. Thomas Stevenson of Wolfeboro was appointed executor of his will, and widow, Abigail, waived provisions which he had made for her, 8 June 1817. His land adjoined that of his nephew, John Drew, son of Andrew, who was then deceased. His children were Jedidiah, George, Lemuel, Andrew, Daniel and Enoch.
22. Andrew Drew (Lemuel3, John2, William1) was born at Back River, Dover, 25 March 1758. He married, 18 Sept. 1785, Joanna, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Jones) Hodgdon (Shad- rach4, Israel3, Israel2, Nicholas1), who was born in Nottingham, 25 Aug. 1761. In 1788 he removed to Brookfield and thence to Durham Point in 1817, where he bought a farm not far from the site of the first Drew garrison. He died in Durham 19 Dec. 1854. His wife died 31 July 1852. See chapter on Military History.
30. JOHN b. 25 March 1786; m. Nancy A. Wiggin; d. 1816 in Wolfeboro.
ISRAEL b. 16 Nov. 1788; m. 14 Dec. 1813, Esther Dearborn. 5 ch., one of whom was Col. Jeremiah D. Drew b. in Brookfield 29 July 1821, d. in Lawrence, Mass., 2 May 1905, who served as captain, major and lieutenant- colonel in the Civil War.
FRANCIS b. I April 1791; m. Olive Dearborn. Ch., Caroline A. b. 7 March 1818, who m. Henry Lang, Lydia A. b. 28 Aug. 1820, Mary E. b. 30 Oct. 1822, and Susan A. b. 19 Oct. 1827.
31. JOSEPH b. 23 Oct. 1793; m. Bithiah Johnson.
LYDIA b. 13 Oct. 1796; m. Oliver Wiggin. Ch., George A. b. 20 Feb. 1838, and John F. b. 13 Dec. 1840.
32. NICHOLAS b. 7 April 1799; d. in Durham 9 Sept. 1895.
33. LEMUEL b. 16 Feb. 1803; m. Lydia Hayes Twombly.
FIFTH GENERATION
23. Joseph Drew (Joseph4, Thomas3, Francis2, William1), born at Little Bay in Durham 26 Oct. 1738, died in Durham 18 March 1776. He married, in 1769, Elizabeth, widow of Ebenezer Crommett and daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth ( --- ) Davis. She was appointed administratrix of his estate 12 March 1777. Children born in Durham:
34. ANDREW b. 4 June 1770; m. Hannah Weeks. OBADIAH b. 15 April 1772; d. 28 Oct. 1826. BENAIAH b. in 1774; d. April 1824.
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24. John Drew (Joseph4, Thomas3, Francis2, William1), born at Little Bay in Durham Aug. 1740, died 25 Jan. 1825. He re- sided in Alton, Barnstead and Loudon. He purchased 1,900 acres in Alton and Barnstead and gave a farm to each of his children. He married, 12 Feb. 1773, Jane Scruton, who was born 18 Nov. 1747 and died 23 July 1812. Twelve children :
LYDIA b. 12 Dec. 1773; m. 16 July 1797, George Durgin of Loudon. Ch., Charles, Louisa, Sophronia, Julia, Jane, Evelina and Maria, all b. in Loudon.
EBENEZER b. 12 Aug. 1775; d. 1810.
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JOSEPH b. 2 Nov. 1776, at Alton; m. Leah Jones.
BETSEY b. 12 July 1778 at Loudon; m. Lemuel Hill and rem. to Starksboro, Vt. She d. 10 Nov. 1857. Ch., Jane, Sally, Henry, Hiram, John and a twin brother.
ANNA m. Joseph Edgerly.
THOMAS b. 2 June 1781 ; m. Sophronia Wood.
MARTHA b. 25 July 1784; m. 1807, Thomas Proctor of Barnstead, who was b. 12 June 1783 and d. 25 June 1856. She d. 15 Oct. 1825. Ch., John D., Thomas K., Fannie W., Joseph L., Jane D., Mary, Samuel B., William. 36. JOHN b. 27 April 1786; 1. in Alton.
ELIJAH b. 12 Feb. 1788; d. 9 Nov. 1826.
SAMUEL b. 13 March 1790; d. 2 Oct. 1800. SUSAN b. 13 April 1792; m. James Langley.
37. JAMES b. 18 June 1795; d. 29 June 1874.
25. Elijah Drew (Joseph4, Thomas3, Francis2, William1), born at Little Bay in Durham 14 July 1747, died at Newfield, Me. 18 Nov. 1841. He married (1) Lucy, dau. of Col. Samuel and Sarah (Hicks) Chesley, who died Sept. 1786, (2) 10 June 1787, Abigail Clarage of Kittery, Me., who was born 20 Sept. 1753 and died at Dover, 20 Oct. 1843. He removed to Newfield, Me., in 1789, or Washington Plantation, as it was then called. Here he lived at what has since been known as Drew's Corner. He was moderator of the first town meeting in Washington, 1791. Children by first wife, all born in Durham:
SAMUEL CHESLEY b. 26 Nov. 1774; m. Lucy Pease. BETSEY ADAMS b. 20 April 1776; m. William Gordon.
JOSEPH b. 9 Dec. 1777; m. Eliza Shaw; d. in Limerick, Me.,
26 Dec. 1853. He was deacon in the church at New- field, Me.
CHESLEY b. II June 1780; m. 20 Sept. 1804, Sally Ayer. He was a physician in West Newfield, Me.
WINBORN ADAMS b. 9 April 1782; m. 8 June 1806, Jane
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(Ayer) Lord, (2) Martha C. Ayer, sister of first wife. He d. 16 Oct. 1859. 9 ch.
LUCY CHESLEY b. 13 Sept. 1786; m. 5 July 1801, Davidson Webster.
Children by second marriage:
LOIS CLARAGE b. 25 Feb. 1788; m. John Hobbs, (2) Benjamin Gordon.
STEPHEN b. 7 April 1791 ; m. 26 Oct. 1817 Harriet Watson; d. 25 Feb. 1872. He was for 55 years a physician at Milton, N. H.
JOHN A. b. 31 May 1793; m. Mary Hersom and rem. from Newfield to Boston. 10 ch.
25a. Francis Drew (Francis4, John3, John2, William1), bap- tized 22 May 1746, married Lydia Furber and lived in Mad- bury, where the following children are recorded without telling who their parents were:
BENAIAH b. 10 April 1770; m. 12. Nov. 1795, Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Lydia (Brewster) Hicks and 1. on the Hicks farm, where he was buried. His wife d. I April 1805, aged 24. He d. 5 Feb. 1826, aged 55. One dau. Lydia H. b. 3 Dec. 1796, who m. 15 March 1818, John, son of John and Dolla (Waterhouse) Kingman of Bar- rington, and d. 23 Nov. 1828, leaving 4 ch., Sarah Anne b. 15 Nov. 1818, d. 15 June 1841, m. 3 Sept. 1840 David Burbank and had son, John; John William b. I Jan. 1821, d. 1903, m. Mary Christy and had 5 ch .; Lydia Celia b. 23 Aug. 1824, d. unm. 28 Oct. 1848; Charles Henry, b. 29 Jan. 1827, d. 10 Nov. 1868, m. Mary E. Hanson and had 4 ch.
TIMOTHY b. 8 Feb. 1772. He signed a deed in 1795.
EZRA b. 24 March 1774; m. Ann Pickering. [See Hist. of Hampton.]
ROBERT b. 26 March 1776.
SARAH b. 29 March 1784.
26. Capt. John Drew (Francis4, John3, John2, William1), born in Madbury, April 1747, was a captain in the Revolution. He took part in the expedition to Crown Point and in the battle of Saratoga, besides earlier service. He lived for a while in Bar- rington and removed to Barnstead before 1782. He married (I) before 1772 Tamsen, daughter of Joseph and Tamsen (Drew) Drew, who was born in 1750, (2) Lois Tasker of Madbury, from whom he separated in 1781, (3) Dorothy Jackson, who was born in 1761. Children by first marriage, all born in Barrington :
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JOHN went to Quebec and was impressed on board a British man-of-war, and was never heard from.
JOSEPH m. Polly Eaton and rem. to Canada. Ch., John of Danville, Vt., Elisha who d. in Ohio, Samuel of Barton, Vt., and Joseph of Rochester, N. Y.
SALLY m. Francis Winkley of Barrington.
Children by third marriage, born at Barnstead:
SAMUEL CHESLEY b. 1783; m. Judith Ann Edgerly.
POLLY b. 1789; m. John Drake of Moira, N. Y.
TAMSEN b. 1793; m. Abraham Atwater of Chateaugay, N. Y. BETSEY b. Oct. 1795; m. John P. Hill of Barnstead, a soldier of the War of 1812; rem. to Moira, N. Y.
26a. Andrew Drew (Francis4, John3, John2, William1), born 12 March 1750, married (I) Hannah, daughter of Ephraim and Ruth (-) Davis, (2) Esther daughter of Winthrop and Love (Cromwell) Bickford, who was born 17 May 1766 and died 12 Feb. 1844. He was constable in 1781 and was living at the region known as Pascataqua Bridge in 1793. He removed to Holderness, now Ashland, about 1808 and died there 2 Feb. 1841. Children by first marriage were:
RUTH b. I June 1773.
EPHRAIM b. 21 Oct. 1775; 1. in Boston.
SARAH b. 4 Jan. 1778; m. 4 June 1807, Robert Butler. HANNAH b. 15 March 1783.
FRANCIS b. 12 May 1785; d. 28 Jan. 1788.
Children by second marriage:
AvIs b. 15 Aug. 1801; m. Samuel S. Baker of Holderness; d. 27 May 1875.
ANDREW b. 12 Nov. 1803; d. 28 Dec. 1850.
EMILY W. b. 2 Feb. 1808; d. Nov. 1892.
SOPHRONIA b. 25 Nov. 1809; d. 5 Feb. 1880.
27. Francis Drew (Joseph4, Francis3, John2, William1), born 1738, bapt. in Dover 24 May 1741, died at Back River, Dover, 6 Jan. 1824. He married (1) 1761, Elizabeth Watson, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth, born about 1742, (2) 9 Oct. 1818, Eunice, widow of Miles Evans, who was born in 1742 and died 21 Feb. 1823. April 2, 1762, he conveyed to his brother, Elijah, all right, etc., in the estate of his father, Joseph Drew.
FRANCIS b. 1762; d. 1845; m. 10 June 1795, Mary, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Pinkham) Jones of Madbury.
ENOCH b. 1766; d. II Dec. 1862; m. before 1795, Elizabeth, dau. of William Hanson, who was b. 1773 and d. 14 Oct. 1863.
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38. CALEB b. 1771; m. Lydia Evans.
39. DANIEL b. 1778; m. Anne Nute.
WILLIAM b. 1781; d. 6 Dec. 1863; m. 23 Sept. 1802, Mary T. Nute, dau. of Lieut. Samuel and Sarah (Welch) Nute, who was b. 23 June 1779 and d. 31 Dec. 1826.
LYDIA m. Wallingford.
28. Elijah Drew (Joseph4, Francis3, John2, William1), born 1740, married before 29 Nov. 1762 Abigail, dau. of John and Abigail (Hodgdon) Thomas. Her mother was Abigail Hodgdon, who m. (1) 7 Jan. 1724/5, Samuel Gear, (2) 24 Dec. 1733 John Thomas, (3) 31 Aug. 1769 Samuel Hayes. Elijah Drew died at Dover 10 March 1811. He lived on his father's estate at Back River, purchasing the interests of all the other heirs at the latter's decease.
40. WILLIAM b. 15 Dec. 1764; m. Martha Pickering.
JOSEPH.
JOHN rem. to Skowhegan, Me.
SARAH m. 31 May 1781, Moses Emerson.
MARY m. Jonathan Twombly.
DEBORAH m. Ephraim Twombly.
29. Joseph Drew (Joseph4, Francis3, John2, William1), born II Oct. 1747, died 9 Feb. 1824. He lived in the old garrison house at Back River, Dover, which was afterward known as Drew's garrison, and where all his children were born. This garrison was originally built by William Dam. Joseph Drew married (1) 1771, Leah Nute, who was born 4 July 1752 and died 3 Aug. 1815, (2) 1819, Elizabeth Libby, who died 6 Nov. 1824. The following children were by first marriage:
JOSEPH b. 16 Nov. 1771; d. 8 May 1849.
41. SHADRACH b. 7 Dec. 1773; m. Martha Winkley. JEREMY b. 17 Jan. 1776; d. 14 March 1798. NICHOLAS b. 16 May 1778; d. 16 May 1800.
SAMUEL b. 26 April 1780; d. 15 Jan. 1814. Had ch., Sarah, Lucy and Emeline.
JONATHAN b. 26 July 1782 ; d. 3 Feb. 1833.
VALENTINE b. 28 Dec. 1784; d. 20 March 1837.
JACOB b. 19 Jan. 1787; d. June 1861.
EZRA b. 16 July 1789; rem. to Brunswick, Me., where he d. 27 March 1868. Ch., Henry and Edwin of San Francisco, Charles of Lowell, Mass., and Lydia A. of Brunswick.
ABIGAIL b. 21 Jan. 1792; d. 18 March 1838; m. F. Hayes of Barrington and Alton.
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42. WILLIAM PLAISTED b. 20 June 1794; d. 25 Oct. 1868. JEREMY b. 25 Aug. 1798; d. 15 April 1864 at Otsego, Mich.
30. John Drew (Andrew4, Lemuel3, John2. William1), born in Dover, 25 March 1786, died in Wolfeboro in 1816 . He married Nancy A. Wiggin. Children :
ANDREW J. b. 25 March 1812; m. Lydia Veasey and had John F. b. 5 Oct. 1836, Lydia A. b. 5 July 1838, Charles W. b. 10 March 1840, Henry b. 21 Feb. 1844, George b. II July 1852, and Burleigh b. 7 Dec. 1854.
BETSEY A. b. 17 Feb. 1814; m. Hollis Young. Ch., Thomas F. b. 3 March 1836, John A. b. 26 May 1839, and Alban J. b. 13 Oct. 1841.
31. Joseph Drew (Andrew4, Lemuel3, John2, William1), born in Brookfield 23 Oct. 1793, married, Nov. 1817, Bithiah Johnson, who was born 7 June 1796 and died 14 Feb. 1880. He died 23 Sept. 1870.
GEORGE H. b. 4 April 1819, d. 14 April 1832.
JOANNA b. 23 Dec. 1820; m. 16 March 1841, John W. Lang of Wakefield and 1. in Brookfield. She d. 29 May 1903. JOHN b. 30 Dec. 1823; m. 22 March 1848, Martha A. Mathes; d. 10 April 1886. He l. in Durham. Wife was b. 28 June 1826 and d. 12 Jan. 1907. Ch., Lovey Ann b. 22 Dec. 1853, who m. 12 April 1877, Alvin Jackson of Durham and d. 22 Nov. 1904; Mary B. b. 31 Dec. 1862, who m. 6 April 1887, Edward A. Marston and had children, Bertha Drew Marston b. 14 Oct. 1889, Charles Edward Marston b. 29 May 1891, James Abial Marston b. 2 May 1896, Rushton David Marston b. 29 June 1901, and Mary Alice Marston b. 3 Oct. 1903; Rev. William James b. 13 Oct. 1868, who graduated at Berea College in 1891 and at Xenia Seminary in 1894. He has had pastorates at Elmira, Ill., Dwight, Ill., and is now pastor of the Congre- gational church at Marshall, Ill. He m. (1) 24 Dec. 1892, Cassandra Plummer, who d. 7 Nov. 1893, (2) 9 July 1895, Sara E. Dillencourt of Xenia, Ohio. They have one child, Helen, b. at Elmira, 21 Dec. 1897.
HENRY AUGUSTUS b. 19 Dec. 1825; m. 2 Feb. 1853, Sarah Tuttle, (2) Abigail Shaw and 1. in Durham and Strafford. Ch., Mary Caroline b. 3 Oct. 1855, Sarah Margaret b. 29 Jan. 1857, and, by second marriage, Nellie S. b. 26 Nov. 1867.
32. Nicholas Drew (Andrew4, Lemuel3, John2, William1), born in Brookfield, 7 April 1799, married (1) Mary Ann, dau. of Moses and Lovey (Thompson) Edgerly, who was born 17 Oct.
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1808 and died 8 Oct. 1845, (2) Hannah Jenkins of Madbury, who d. 14 Feb. 1881. He resided in Durham, on the north shore of Great Bay, from 1837 till his death, 9 Sept. 1895. He was a member of the Durham Artillery Company when it received General Lafayette on his last tour through the States. Children all born in Durham:
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