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EZRA b. 9 Aug. 1796; m. 13 March 1816, Temperance Nutter of Rochester.
EBENEZER b. 15 Sept. 1799.
CHARLES b. 28 May 1801.
FIFTH GENERATION
18. Benjamin Durgin (Josiah4, Josiah3, William2, William1), born in Lee 19 July 1787, married Comfort Carswell, who was born 13 July 1795. He died 28 June 1854.
ADELINE b. 3 Sept. 1815. Unm. HANNAH b. 22 Dec. 1816; d. 16 July 1820.
20. BENJAMIN b. 20 Sept. 1818; m. 25 Feb. 1844, Hannah Robin- son b. 5 Nov. 1821.
CLARISSA C. b. 29 March 1820; m. March 1845, Nathan T. Batchelder.
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CHARLOTTE b. 19 Nov. 1821; m. 5 Feb. 1850, Frank L. Runnels.
NANCY b. 22 July 1823; m. 23 March 1844, Lyman Lougee b. 16 July 1818.
HANNAH S. b. 28 March 1825.
GREENLIEF D. b. 3 Jan. 1827.
MARY A. b. 13 Aug. 1828; m. 15 March 1850, Wm. O. Tredick.
ALFRED b. 3 April 1830; d. 28 July 1830.
JOSIAH b. 20 May 1831.
LYDIA b. 24 March 1833; m. 23 July 1854, Geo. Richardson b. 12 May 1835.
SARAH J. b. 10 Nov. 1835; m. Andrew J. Rice.
EMILY M. b. 14 May 1838; m. Charles E. Call.
HARRIET M. b. II Dec. 1841.
19. Children of Nicholas and Mary (Foster) Durgin of West Newbury, Mass.
ISAAC F. b. June 1804; m. Harriet Morrell, d. 7 March 1890. Lois b. abt. 1807; m. Walter R. Noyes; d. 28 March 1862, aged 55.
JAMES b. 4 Nov. 1808; m. 20 Jan. 1831, Martha Heath of Hampstead, N. H.
SAMUEL b. Jan. 1811; m. I May 1834, Lydia Ann Emery.
DOLLY b. 22 Feb. 1813; m. 28 Nov. 1833, Thomas J. Chap- man ; d. 31 Dec. 1864.
MARY b. 1816; m. Richard Sawyer.
SIXTH GENERATION
20. Children of Benjamin and Hannah (Robinson) Durgin of Lee.
CHARLOTTE T. b. 28 Feb. 1845.
MARY E. b. 28 Nov. 1846.
BENJAMIN F. b. 17 March 1848.
BELINDA b. 1I May 1850.
GEORGE b. 28 April 1852.
DULEY
Philip Duley appears as a seaman in the service of Capt. John Cutts of Portsmouth, in 1679. He signed a petition in 1689. He had a grant of twenty acres in Dover, 19 March 1693/4. It adjoined to land he had improved, on the west side of the brook that goeth to Johnson's Creek. He married, about 1682, Grace Roberts, daughter of William and Ann, and after his decease she married Timothy Moses. Feb. 14, 1721/2,
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Timothy Moses of Dover and wife, Grace, sold to Samuel Merrey of Oyster River land "formerly fenced and improved by Philip Duley late deceased of said Dover." Feb. 18, 1726/7, Timothy Moses and wife, Grace, sold to Joseph Jenkins land in Dover granted to "our father William Roberts."
Aug. 15, 1728, Hannah Duley sold to Timothy Moses right in estate of Philip Duley, father of said Hannah, who about this time built for herself a house in Portsmouth.
Oct. 8, 1729/30, William Duley of Dover sold to Timothy Moses right in estate of Philip Duley, father of said William. This William Duley was a soldier in Col. Thomas Westbrook's force in 1722, and in 1724/5, notwithstanding he had been or- dered to be publicly whipped with fifteen stripes "well laid on his naked back," for desertion, 9 Oct. 1718. He was one of those who organized the first church in Scarborough, Me., in 1728, where he had a grant of land in 1721. He died in Durham about 1748.
It was, doubtless, Philip Duley, son of Philip, that was admitted to the church at Oyster River, 3 Feb. 1723. Thomas Harris of Dover sold to Philip Duley of the same town, 28 Sept. 1719, one hundred acres at Black Point, Scarborough. [See York Deeds, X, 63.] Philip Duley was proprietors' clerk in Scarbor- ough in 1720. Henry Libby, aged 78, deposed, 12 Aug. 1726, that Joseph Whineck was killed and his daughter with him by the Indians and was buried on his own land, where Philip Duly and Thomas Hares (Harris') wife were buried. [See York Deeds, XII, Part I, p. 61.] This Thomas Harris had married at Oyster River, 25 July 1717, Sarah Dudley, as the record reads, which is perhaps a clerical error for Duley, since no such person appears in the Dudley Genealogy.
Elijah Duley was baptized by the Rev. Hugh Adams, 10 Feb. 1716/7. Mary Duley, daughter of Philip, was baptized 28 July 1717.
Samuel Duley of Newmarket married Susanna, daughter of John and Rebecca Perkins, before 1745.
DURRELL
Tradition says that Philip Durrell came from the Island of Guernsey. He had a grant of fifty acres in Exeter, 21 Feb. 1697/8, which he conveyed to his son, Joseph, 20 Dec. 1738,
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and Joseph sold it to Thomas Young, 24 Jan. 1740/1. In this deed he is called Philip Duda of Arundel. The grant was "near Piscassic at Lamperel River." Nov. 1, 1700, Philip Deudy of Exeter, planter, for ten pounds, sold to William Ardell a "cer- tain tract of land lying and being in Exeter" on the south side of the mast way, near Mr. Ardell's saw mill, "near the house that was formerly Teague Daniells." At this time he removed to Arundel, now Kennebunkport, Me. Aug 13, 1703 his family were carried off by Indians and he went back to Exeter. His wife and his infant son were allowed to come back from Pi- quawket (Fryeburg, Me.) to Saco fort, an Indian carrying the infant. Philip Durrell, or Duda, was a soldier in a garrison at Exeter, 26 Oct. 1696. He was one of a scouting party for two days under Capt. Nicholas Gilman of Exeter, July 5, 1710. He returned to Kennebunkport in 1714 and in 1723 had the same lot laid out to him that he was in possession of when his family were carried into captivity by the Indians. His family were again captured in 1726, and his wife was killed. He bought 100 acres in Arundel in 1727 and sold the same to his son, Benjamin, in 1732. He is called in old records Duda, Dudey, Doody, Deudy and Durrell. The last seems to have been the original surname, to which his descendants in Maine adhered, and to which the descendants of his son, Joseph, in Durham and vicinity have returned. Children were as follows:
2. JOSEPH m. Rebecca Adams.
PHILIP m. Keziah Wakefield, 27 June 1724. BENJAMIN m. Judith Perkins. JOHN m. Widow Lydia Jellison. RACHEL captured and married in Canada.
SUSAN captured and married in Canada.
ELIZABETH m. John Wakefield, 27 May 1724. MARY m. James Wakefield, 18 Dec. 1719. LYDIA m. Stephen Larrabee, 18 April 1728. SARAH m. John Baxter.
Daughter m. Joshua Purington.
2. Joseph Durrell, often called Duda, was the only son who settled in Durham. He witnessed a deed in 1706. He married Rebecca, daughter of Charles and Temperance (Benmore) Adams, before 4 March 1711/12. Both were baptized by the Rev. Hugh Adams, 10 Nov. 1717. He was a blacksmith. His second wife was Hannah He and several generations of
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descendants lived at what is now known as Lee Hook, where he died before 25 Dec. 1751.
3. BENMORE bapt. 10 Nov. . 1717 ; m. Elizabeth -. SUSANNA bapt. 10 Nov. 1717 ; m. Francis Durgin.
4. JOSEPII bapt. 10 April 1718; m. Hannah MARY m. Trueworthy Durgin.
5. NICHOLAS b. abt 1730; m. (1) Rachel Wakefield, (2) Abigail Meserve.
6. ZeBULON 1. in Newmarket.
Ebenezer "Dudley alias Durrell" bapt. 5 Feb. 1728/9; m.
TEMPERANCE bapt. 18 Sept. 1726.
THIRD GENERATION
3. Benmore Durrell (Joseph2, Philip1) had wife Elizabeth He seems to have been living in Durham in 1749 and he was taxed there from 1783 till 1791, after which his name disappears from the tax lists. The following were probably his children :
OBADIAH bapt. 1 March 1749/50.
BETSEY m. Samuel Savage, 14 March 1793.
EBEN m. Betsey Edgerly, 4 March 1795.
JOHN m. Rachel Emery and s. in Skowhegan, Me. WILLIAM m. Olive Eastman and s. in Tamworth. LEMUEL taxed in Durham, 1786-87.
4. Joseph Durrell (Joseph2, Philip1) married (1) Hannah and died before 1751. She married (2) 9 Feb. 1758, Nathan Keniston of Durham. Nicholas Durrell was appointed guardian of Eliphalet, David and William in 1764.
ELIZABETH m. Nathan Keniston, Jr.
REBECCA m. Nathaniel Stevens.
ELIPHALET b. 1748; m. Dolly Bennett, (2) 20 Nov. 1801 at Pittsfield Hannah (Batchelder) Tilton. He d. 12 Nov. 1805 at Northwood. Widow d. 29 Nov. 1842, aged 78. Io ch. by first wife, 3 by second wife. DAVID.
5. Nicholas Durrell (Joseph2, Philip1), born about 1730, married (1) 3 Nov. 1752, his cousin, Rachel, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Durrell) Wakefield, of Wells, Me., born 24 June 1733. He married (2) Abigail Meserve, daughter of Daniel and Abigail of Madbury, born 27 Aug. 1745. He lived near New- market and died before 1776. His widow married, (2) Anthony Pickering of Newmarket, (3) Benjamin Gerrish.
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NICHOLAS b. abt. 1753; m. (1) 22 July 1778, Judith Keniston, (2) Widow Moore. L. in Nottingham, N. H., and Embden, Me. Ch., Joseph of Solon, Me., Rachel who m. Stephen Merrill, Daniel who went to Los Angeles, Cal.
DEBORAH bapt. 10 Jan. 1754; m. John Pendergast.
Children by second marriage:
7. JOSEPH b. 15 Aug. 1767; m. Comfort Davis.
RACHEL WAKEFIELD b. 1766; m. James Pickering of New- market, son of Anthony Pickering, by his first wife; d. 9 Dec. 1842.
8. DANIEL b. 20 July 1769; m. Elizabeth Wentworth. ABIGAIL b. 24 July 1770; m. 20 Dec. 1787, Levi Langley. JOHN SAMUEL b. 17 Dec. 1774; m. (1) Elizabeth Hayes, who was b. 12 Jan. 1775, (2) 1805, Abra, widow of William Moulton and dau. of Col. John and Elizabeth (Walling- ford) Wentworth, who d. 27 July 1846. He d.10 May 1845.
6. Zebulon Durrell (Joseph2, Philip1) lived in Newmarket and had the following children:
ZEBULON m. 23 Aug. 1796, Mary Gilman, dau. of Zebulon and Elizabeth. He d. 27 Dec. 1837, aged 72. She d. 7 Feb. 1855, aged 79.
JOSEPH b. 1766; m. 18 March 1792, Nancy Stevens, who was b. 1769 and d. 24 Oct. 1852. He d. 6 Feb. 1826. Ch., Edward, who d. young, Betsey b. 1792 and d. unm. 1817, Mary S. b. 7 Nov. 1797 and d. unm. 6 Dec. 1863, and Newman b. 1795, m. 17 Sept. 1821, Sally N. Osborne of Lee, who was b. 1801 and d. 1887. He d. 1854. Ch. of Newman were John, William, Frank, Rebecca, James McDaniel, Charles, Wilbur, Woodbridge W., Eliza and Albert.
ABIGAIL b. 1764; d. 28 Jan. 1824. Unm.
BETSEY m. Benning Smart, 16 Feb. 1786.
TEMPERANCE m. John Edgerly, 6 Sept. 1787; d. I May 1819, aged 59.
SUSAN m. 19 Nov. 1794, John Thurston of Parsonsfield, Me. DEBORAH (?) b. 1775; m. 18 March 1796, Antipas Gilman.
FOURTH GENERATION
7. Joseph Durrell (Nicholas3, Joseph2, Philip1), born 15 Aug. 1767, married I Jan. 1789, Comfort, daughter of David and Ann (Stevens) Davis, and died 25 April 1845. She was born 20 Feb. 1767 and died 13 Dec. 1861.
SOPHIA b. 19 Nov. 1790; m. 1808, Nathaniel Stevens.
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DEBORAH b. 15 April 1792; m. 3 Jan. 1813, Andrew Glidden Smith of Newmarket. She d. 27 April 1847.
CAROLINE b. 2 Sept. 1794; m. 6 Nov. 1820, Samuel Mathes of Lee.
. NICHOLAS N. b. 15 March 1796; m. 5 Oct. 1818, Mercy True. 7 ch.
DAVID STEVENS b. 7 Jan. 1798; d. 30 Dec. 1865.
HANNAH b. 7 Nov. 1800; m. David York; d. I Aug. 1886. THOMAS b. 15 Oct. 1802; d. 25 Oct. 1802.
JOHN S. b. 30 Oct. 1803; d. 30 Oct. 1827. Unm.
JOSEPH b. 16 Nov. 1805; d. 14 June 1845. Unm. ABRA b. 16 Nov. 1805; d. 19 Jan. 1822.
DANIEL b. 22 April 1808; d. 17 Sept. 1887.
DR. GEORGE O. J. b. 18 Jan. 1810; m. and had son, Judge George Durrell of Kentucky, b. 18 Oct. 1852. He d. 15 May 1855.
8. Judge Daniel Meserve Durrell (Nicholas3, Joseph?, Philip1) born 20 July 1769; married, I June 1800, Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. John Wentworth. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1794 and read law with Henry Mellen of Dover, paying $40 for the privilege. He died 29 April 1841.
MARY JANE b. 24 Feb. 1801; d. 23 Dec. 1863.
SARAH ADELINE b. 19 April 1802, m. James D. Green; d. 25 June 1866.
ELIZABETH SALTER b. 25 Oct. 1803, d. 25 Aug. 1885.
NICHOLAS ST. JOHN b. 7 Sept. 1805, d. 9 June 1826 at West Point.
CHARLES JAMES Fox b. 28 April 1807; d. 9 July 1883.
MARGARET ANN b. 14 July 1810; d. 9 July 1883.
EDWIN HENRY b. 14 July 1810: m. Mary Seitz Gebhard; d. 29 March 1887. He was a judge in Louisiana after the Civil War.
GEORGE CLINTON b. 7 Nov. 1815, killed by Indians in Texas, July 1838.
EDGERLY
Thomas Edgerly was received as inhabitant at Oyster River 19 Jan. 1665. He took the oath of fidelity 21 June 1669 and was made freeman 15 May 1672. He was justice of the peace in 1674. His garrison house was burned in the Indian raid of 1694. At this time he was taken prisoner but soon escaped. He deeded all his remaining land to his son, Joseph, in 1715. He married, 28 Sept. 1665, Rebecca, widow of Henry Hallowell and daughter
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of John and Remembrance Ault. She made a deposition 30 Jan. 17II/12, aged 71.
2. THOMAS b. 1666; m. Jane Whedon, or Whidden.
3. SAMUEL b. 1668; m. Elizabeth Tuttle.
4. JOHN b. 1670; m. Elizabeth Rawlings. ZACHARIAH b. 1673; killed by Indians, 1694. REBECCA b. 1675; m. Aaron Hutcote, 2:6:1718/9.
5. JOSEPH b. 1677; m. Mary Greene.
2. Thomas Edgerly (Thomas), born 1666; married, 3 Dec. 1691, Jane Whedon. He moved to Exeter in 1700 and died in I719.
JOHN b. 1693; killed by Indians, 1694.
ABIGAIL b. 1695; m. John Huckins.
MARY b. 1697; m. Thomas Kelly of Brentwood.
SAMUEL b. 1700; m. and 1. in Brentwood.
JOSEPH b. 1702; m. (1) Sarah Rawlings, (2) Widow Sanborn (3) Judith Currier. He 1. in Stratham.
HANNAH (?) m. 28 Jan. 1724/5, James Urin, at Greenland.
3. Samuel Edgerly (Thomas), born 1668, married, 1695' Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John Tuttle of Dover Neck. He died at Oyster River in 1724. She married (2), 20 July 1725, Dea. John Ambler.
DOROTHY b. 1697; m. 1 :6: 1726/7, James Durgin.
6. JOHN b. 1700; m. Elizabeth Wakeham.
JAMES b. 1704; m. 1730, Eleanor Sawyer, (2) Rachel Stan- wood; d. s. p. in Gloucester, Mass.
JUDITH b. 1709; m. Jonathan Durgin.
SAMUEL b. 1713; d. 1733.
7. MOSES b. 1716; m. Mary Kent.
SUSANNA bapt. with Samuel and Moses, 2 April 1717.
4. John Edgerly (Thomas), born 1670, married, 1700, Eliza- beth Rawlings. Died at Oyster River in 1750.
ELIZABETH b. 1701; m. Benjamin Durgin.
JOHN b. 1703; m. 1737, Hannah Ambler; d. 1797. Had son Joshua, who m. Mary Weeks and dau., Deborah, bapt. 28 July 1728.
8. ZACHARIAH b. 1705; m. (1) Joanna Drew, (2) Susan Taylor. JOSEPH b. 1706; m. Hannah Lear.
ALICE b. 1708; m. Joseph Bickford.
HANNAH b. 1710; m. James Langley, 31 Aug. 1727. BETHIAH bapt. 16 Nov. 1718.
5. Joseph Edgerly (Thomas) born 1677, married, 1712, Mary Green. He died in Durham, 1752.
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BENJAMIN bapt. 9 June 1717.
FRANCES b. 1717; m. Joseph Wheeler.
JOANNA bapt. 16 Nov. 1718.
MARY bapt. 16 Nov. 1718.
THIRD GENERATION
6. John Edgerly (Samuel2, Thomas1), born 1700, married, II Jan. 1725/6, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Sarah (Meader) Wakeham. He died in Durham, II April 1784. She died I Aug. 1774.
ABIGAIL b. 19 July 1732; d. unm.
9. SAMUEL b. 13 April 1735; m. Olive Dame.
IO. JAMES b. 13 April 1737; m. Jennie Phillips.
II. JONATHAN b. II April 1739; m. Sarah Doe. ยท
JUDITH b. 26 June 1741; m. Thomas George of Lee.
12. CALEB b. 29 Dec. 1743; m. Abia Cilley.
13. THOMAS b. 6 Jan. 1745; m. Agnes Phillips. ELIZABETH b. 18 Dec. 1747; m. Joseph Durgin.
7. Moses Edgerly (Samuel2, Thomas1), born 1716, married Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Wakeham) Kent. He was at the siege of Louisburg in 1745. He died in Durham in 1785. 14. MOSES b. 1737; m. (1) Polly Thompson, (2) Elizabeth Wedg- wood.
EBENEZER b. 1742; m. Tamson Smith.
JAMES b. 1744; d. young.
DOROTHY bapt. 17 Nov. 1754.
8. Zachariah Edgerly (John2, Thomas1), born 1705, married (I) II May 1727, Joanna, daughter of John Drew, (2) 1759, Susan Taylor. He died in 1780.
RUTH b. 1728; m. James Brown.
OLIVE b. 1732; m. Moses Copp.
JOHN b. 1735; m. Sarah Chesley; d. abt. 1796.
DANIEL b. 1737; m. Hannah Wheeler.
Children by second marriage:
JONATHAN b. 1760; rem. to Canada.
SUSANNAH b. 1763; m. Nov. 1790, Josiah Burleigh of New- market.
SAMUEL b. 3 June 1765; m. Lydia S., dau. of Samuel Johnson of Northwood, b. 2 Aug. 1767.
FOURTH GENERATION
9. Samuel Edgerly (John3, Samuel2, Thomas1), born 13 April 1735, married, 12 July 1759, Olive, daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Bickford) Dame of Newington.
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JAMES b. 13 Dec. 1764; m. 20 April 1788, Temperance, dau. of George Knight, who was b. 3 Oct. 1768 and d. at Mid- dlesex, Vt., 18 Dec. 1851.
SAMUEL b. - ; m. 20 Dec. 1795, Betsey Crommett.
JETHRO b. 28 Feb. 1770; m. 3 July 1797, Abigail Crommett.
JOHN b. -
- ; m. 5 Sept. 1787, Temperance Durrell. Shed.
I May 1819, aged 59. He d. 2 June 1830 (?).
GEORGE b. 30 Nov. 1773; m. 5 July 1798, Abigail C., dau. of Capt. Joseph and Temperance (Drew) Thomas, b. 4 July I779.
JONATHAN b. 19 Sept. 1777; m. 25 Feb. 1808, Sarah White- house.
SALLY m. 28 Feb. 1790, Wm. Eastman of Tamworth.
BETSEY m. 4 March 1795; Ebenezer Durrell.
ALICE m. Low of Thornton.
ANNA or NANCY, m. James Carter of Tamworth, 8 Jan. 1797. OLVE m. 1808, Caleb Wakeham of Milton.
STEPHEN d. young.
IO. James Edgerly (John3, Samuel2, Thomas1), born 13 April 1736, married (1) I July 1761, Jane, daughter of Andrew and Miriam (Mitchell) Phillips of Kittery, Me. She was born 8 Oct. 1737 and died in 1772. He married (2) 4 May 1773, Widow Rachel (Carlisle) Kent. He served three years in the Revolu- tionary War. Removed to Milton, Brookfield and Wolfeboro, where he died in 1815. His widow died in 1819.
TAMSON b. I March 1765; m. John Doe of Alton.
DEBORAH b. 7 Nov. 1766; m. 19 Nov. 1787, Benj. Richardson of Gilmanton.
AGNES b. 3 Sept. 1768; m. Josiah Robinson, 26 June 1791.
JUDITH b. 6 Feb. 1770; m. Joseph Ferrin of Alton.
ELIJAH b. 4 Jan. 1772; d. in infancy.
JANE b. 28 Oct. 1775; m. James Cotton of Wolfeboro.
DANIEL b. 16 July 1777; m. 1803, Abigail Deland; 1. in Wolfeboro.
II. Jonathan Edgerly (John3, Samuel2, Thomas1), born II April 1739, married Sarah Doe. He died in 1784, as his inventory indicates, leaving children, Samuel, Mehitable and Sarah, minors.
15. SAMUEL b. 4 June 1762; m. Betsey Tate.
HANNAH m. 21 Dec. 1794, Samuel Joy. MEHITABLE and MARTHA.
LYDIA b. 15 July 1772; m. 1812, Robert Jones; d. s. p. 16 Dec. 1866. He d. 29 July 1835, aged 70.
SARAH m. Levi Hussey; d. 19 May 1851, aged 54. He d. 13 March 1872, aged 75.
BETSEY m. 5 Jan. 1785, Robert Jones, his first wife.
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12. Caleb Edgerly (John3, Samuel2, Thomas1), born 29 Dec. 1743, married, 1764, Abbia Cilley of Salisbury and lived in New Durham and Alton, where he died 14 Oct. 1825. His widow died in 1826.
JOHN b. 15 Sept. 1766; m. (1) Alice Alard, who d. 2 Nov. 1812, (2) - - Nute.
BENJAMIN b. 14 May 1769; m. Mary Sanborn.
DANIEL b. II Sept. 1771; d. young.
ELIZABETH b. 15 Aug. 1773; m. 25 Oct. 1798, Ebenezer Willey.
JEREMIAH b. 13 May 1776; m. 23 April 1801, Betsey Leigh- ton.
MERCY b. II Jan. 1782; m. (I) Dr. John Gilbert, (2) Joseph Ferrin of Alton.
13. Thomas Edgerly (John3, Samuel?, Thomas1), born 6 Jan. 1745, married, 1767, Agnes Phillips, sister of the wife of his brother, James, born I Dec. 1743. He lived in Durham, New Durham, Alton, and Farmington and died in 1815.
JOSIAH b. 12 July 1679; m. 21 July 1793, Mary Tash.
ANDREW b. 13 March 1772; m. April 1794, Elizabeth Tash. Rem. to Exeter, Me.
THOMAS b. 4 Dec. 1773; m. Hannah Libbey.
BETSEY b. 5 Aug. 1775; m. 30 Nov. 1797, Samuel Mitchell.
EUNICE b. 19 May 1777; m. 26 Dec. 1799, Andrew Tobey of Kittery, Me.
SUSAN b. 22 Feb. 1780; d. unm.
SARAH b. 3 Oct. 1782; m. David Richards of Middleton.
JOHN b. 8 June 1784; m. Nancy, dau. of David Watson.
WILLIAM B. b. 12 Oct. 1787; m. 22 July 1810, Anna, dau. of Jonathan Chase of Stratham.
14. Moses Edgerly (Moses3, Samuel 2, Thomas1), born 1737, married (1) 1763, Polly Thompson, (2) 1775, Widow Elizabeth Wedgwood. He lived in Newmarket and is said to have died in 1799, but a Moses Edgerly died in Durham 28 June 1828, aged 88, and his wife died 2 Feb. 1827.
MOSES b. 1764; m. Love Thompson; d. Nov. 1849. Wife d. 26 Aug. 1844.
EBENEZER b. 1765; m. 26 July 1804, Betsey Durgin; d. 16 Jan. 1838, aged 63 (?).
NATHANIEL b. 1767; said to have d. young, but Nathaniel Edgerly was pub. to Widow Eunice Crommett I April 1809, and they were m. 26 May 1822.
JOSEPH b. 1767; m. 5 Feb. 1794, Sarah W. Colbath.
DOROTHY b. 1771; m. Richard Kent of Durham.
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POLLY b. 1773; m. 13 Aug. 1795, Samuel Drew.
ANN ELIZABETH b. 1776; m. 28 Jan. 1804, Bradbury Jewell, of Sandwich.
15. Samuel Edgerly (Jonathan4, John3, Samuel2, Thomas1), born 4 June 1762, married Betsey, daughter of Capt. John Tate of Portsmouth, born 25 Aug. 1759. They were married 18 May 1785. He died 4 June 1831. She died 4 Sept. 1848. Both were buried in Durham. Children recorded in Durham:
ROBERT TATE b. 10 April 1786. JONATHAN b. 17 Jan. 1789. WILLIAM b. 24 June 1791. LARKIN TATE b. 21 Aug. 1793. SALLY b. 20 May 1796. BETSEY TATE b. 13 Jan. 1799.
EDGERLY NOTES
Married 26 Dec. 1833, Daniel Edgerly and Mary Kent. He lived on the old Durgin place and was buried there. He died 19 Aug. 1886, aged 76 years, 9 months, 17 days. Mary, his wife, died 12 Oct. 1883, aged 70 years, 7 months, 19 days. They had children, George E. who died 16 May 1873, aged 36, Eliza Ann, who died 5 Sept. 1849, aged 14, Andrew H. who died 6 Sept. 1849, aged 13 months, Richard K., who is living in Durham, unm., and Eli, born 16 Sept. 1839, who married 24 Nov. 1867 Emily Long, born 6 Feb. 1844, daughter of Henry and Caroline A. (Drew) Long and still lives on the place. This Daniel Edgerly was the son of Nathaniel Edgerly who married Widow Eunice Crom- mett, as I was told by Eli Edgerly.
m. 5 Jan. 1794, Samuel Seaward of Portsmouth and Mary Edgerly of Durham.
m. 2 Nov. 1794, Rufus Wiggin and Sally Edgerly.
m. 1809, Jonathan Edgerly and Rhuhama Thomas. m. 3 Jan. 1808, Robert Presson and Rebecca Edgerly. m. 15 Aug. 1813, John Meader and Betsey Edgerly. m. 13 Nov. 1817, Wear Colcord and Betsey Edgerly. m. 9 Nov. 1826, Nathaniel Edgerly and Hannah Tuttle. m. 19 March 1833, Nicholas Drew and Mary Ann Edgerly. m. 6 April 1837, David Rand, Jr., and Nancy Edgerly.
m. 5 April 1840, Ebenezer C. Garland and Maria Edgerly, both of Somersworth.
m. 2 July 1843, William Reynolds and Margaret Edgerly. m. 30 Dec. 1849, James B. Edgerly and Sophronia Durgin, both of Durham.
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pub. 27 Aug. 1837, Matthew Edgerly of Durham and Sarah Clark of Lee., m. 2 March, 1828, Jacob Edgerly and Susanna Chapman. m. I May 1824, John Edgerly of Durham and Mrs. Joannah Fox of Lee.
Tamson Edgerly d. 4 May 1825, aged 73.
John Edgerly d. in Durham 3 July 1854, aged 69.
Lois Edgerly d. 9 Aug. 1854, aged 38.
m. in Newmarket, 14 March 1847, Samuel Edgerly of Dur- ham and Abigail J. Pinkham of Newmarket.
ELLISON
This family came into Durham from Barrington about a century ago. John Ellison, born in Barrington 3 Aug. 1806, married, 19 Nov. 1829, Martha Stevens, born 16 April 1807, who died 3 April 1844, aged 36. He married again 2 June 1845, Sally Chick, who was born 22 Sept. 1822. Children recorded in Durham:
JOHN E. b. in Dover II Sept. 1831, shot by accident. CHARLES H. b. in Dover 6 May 1833. Went to sea. CAROLINE b. in Durham 29 July 1835; m. (1) John Fuller, (2) Jeremiah Bennett.
HARRIET b. in Durham 3 June 1839; m. (1) George R. Davis of Newmarket, (2) Samuel Furber.
HORACE b. in Durham 26 July 1841 ; m. - Bellow. FRANKLIN b. in Durham 6 April 1843, m. twice.
Thomas Ellison d. in Durham 6 July 1810.
m. 1802, Moses Bickford and Sally Ellerson of Barrington. m. 21 Oct. 1817, Joseph Ellison of Barrington and Elizabeth Doe.
m. 21 March 1822, Samuel Doe and Nancy Ellerson. m. July 1825, John Ellerson and Abigail .Manson.
m. May 1826, William Ellison and Eunice Lucey. m. 16 Sept. 1827, James Dow and Mehitable Ellerson.
m. 29 Nov. 1804, Levi Thompson of Durham and Comfort Ellison of Barrington.
EMERSON
Michael Emerson, the emigrant, was baptized in 1627, son of Thomas and Margaret (Frol) Emerson of Howsham, in the parish of Cadney, Lincolnshire, Eng., and grandson of Alexander Emerson of Sereby. He settled in Haverhill, Mass., in 1656 and there married, I April 1657, Hannah, daughter of John and Mary (Satchwell) Webster, who had fifteen children, among whom was Hannah, who married Thomas Dustin and is known in history
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as the one who killed the Indians that captured her and returned to her home with twelve scalps besides her own. Her monument stands in the central square af Haverhill, Mass.
Capt. Samuel, son of Michael Emerson, born 2 Feb. 1663, married, 14 Dec. 1687, Judith, daughter of Ensign John and Jane (Peasley) Davis, born about 1687. He bought land on Back River, Dover, as early as 1700 and was a selectman in 1705. About 1717 he moved into Oyster River parish, on the farm where Capt. Samuel Chesley had lived, and helped to organize the church in 1718. He was chosen deacon 3 April 1718 and elder 16 Nov. 1721. He was commissioned captain of a foot company on the north side of the river, 12 May 1718. His wife was taken by the Indians in 1694 and held several years in captivity. His will dated 13 March 1739 was proved 31 Aug. 1743. Children were:
SAMUEL b. 21 Aug. 1688; d. at sea, according to tradition. HANNAH b. 22 Dec. 1691.
HANNAH b. 6 Jan. 1699; m. Job Clements.
2. MICAH b. 4 Jan. 1701; m. Sarah Huckins. ABIGAIL b. 27 Sept. 1704; m. Robert Thompson.
3. TIMOTHY b. abt. 1706; m. Mary Smith.
4. SOLOMON b. 1709; m. Elizabeth Smith.
2. Micah Emerson (Samuel2, Michael1), born 4 Jan. 1701, married, 5 Feb. 1725, Sarah, daughter of Robert and Welthen (Thomas) Huckins. He died about 1734 and his widow married Joseph Tibbetts. She was born 5 Feb. 1707 and died 13 Feb. 1777.
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