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EDNA M. b. 8 Nov. 1874; m. 2 May 1895, Clarence Lawrence, who d. 8 Dec. 1912.
WILLIS WENTWORTH b. 23 Sept. 1877. Graduated at Tufts College. M. I Jan. 1904, Viola Sabin, and has 2 ch.
GROVER
George Grover married I March 1803, Sally Evans, perhaps (2) Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Stacy of Eaton, and died in Durham 11 April 1849, aged 92. His wife died 24 May 1866, aged 99-11-10. They had children, Henry W. B., George W., Mary, Dorcas, Jane and Sarah.
Henry W. B. Grover was born 28 Dec. 1805. He married, 28 Sept. 1828, Rebecca Linscot, who was born 7 Sept. 1805 in Eaton. He was a painter by trade. He died 22 June 1882. His wife died 10 Feb. 1860. Their children were:
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MARTHA MURRAY b. 29 May 1829; m. 8 May 1857, Thomas Gaskill of Newburyport, Mass. She d. 17 Dec. 1872 in Portsmouth.
MAHALA JANE b. 20 Oct. 1832; m. 5 June 1852, Joseph W. Cooper of Newburyport.
SARAH ELIZABETH b. 9 Nov. 1834; m. 10 May 1861, Henry
Grover of Milbury, Mass.
REBECCA b. 13 May 1837; m. 20 Dec. 1861, Elbridge Prior of Portsmouth; d. 26 July 1884.
HENRIETTA b. I Jan. 1840; m. 22 June 1860, Moses Jack- man of East Salisbury, Mass.
JOHN L. b. 14 May 1844; d. 12 Feb. 1863.
MARY STACY b. 5 May 1847; m. 26 Aug. 1867, Thomas Prior of Portsmouth.
Capt. Edmund Grover of Portsmouth married, 30 Jan. 1792, Catherine, daughter of Benjamin and Betty (Barnes) Bunker, and had children born in Durham:
MARY b. 25 Aug. 1792; m. 4 May 1818, John W. Shute of Newmarket.
CATHERINE or PATIENCE b. 29 June 1794; m. 26 April 1818, Andrew B. Shute of Newmarket.
HANSON
Ephraim Hanson, born in Dover 16 Sept. 1780, son of John Burnham and Elizabeth (Rogers) Hanson, married, 1808, Abi- gail, daughter of James and Sarah (Thompson) Leighton, who was born 10 Feb. 1787. He died 20 Sept. 1823.
SARAH b. 20 July, 1809; m. 1840, Jonathan T. Dodge of Rochester; d. I Nov. 1889. Her oldest child, Sophia, m. Col. Daniel Hall of Dover, in 1877.
JOHN L. b. 5 Sept. 1811; m. 1834, Eliza Wiggin of Wake- field; d. 1866.
SUSANNAH b. 8 Sept. 1813; d. in infancy.
JOSEPH G. b. 20 Sept. 1814 at Alton; m. 1835, Rosetta Cornwall of New York.
JAMES L. b. 29 Dec. 1816 at Alton; m. (1) 1842 Ann Maria Merriam of Concord, Mass. (2) Amanda Pratt of Somers- worth. He d. at Great Falls, in 1867.
MARTHA E. b. in Durham 8 Jan. 1819; d. unm. 23 Jan. 1912. LYDIA A. b. in Durham 23 April, 1821 ; m. 1866, Silas A. Quincy of Boston; d. 1873.
CHARLES HENRY b. in Durham 23 Oct. 1823; d. in California.
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HAYES
Chauncey E. Hayes, born in Strafford, Vt., 23 July 1847, married, 3 Sept. 1873, Addie M. Luce, who was born in Randolph, Vt., 2 Feb. 1847. He moved to Durham in 1885 and has the following children, all of whom have graduated at New Hamp- shire College. Mr. Hayes has been postmaster, collector and treasurer.
MABEL L. b. 20 Dec. 1874. Teacher at Hanover, N. H.
LESLIE D. b. 27 March 1876; m. 15 June 1907, Emily Roths- child. He is associate professor in Cornell University. Ch., Elizabeth b. 3 July 19II.
WARREN C. b. 2 April 1884. L. in Denver, Col.
BERNICE M. b. 4 Oct. 1890. Teacher at Hillsborough, N. H.
HICKS
Dennis Hicks of Kittery Point had wife, Sarah, who was probably daughter of Roger Deering. Two of their sons, John and Joseph, married daughters of Col. James Davis of Oyster River. John Hicks and Elizabeth Davis were published 13 Nov. 1723. He was living near Braveboat Harbor, York, Me., in 1739. His widow was of Durham in 1754 and died at the age of 79. They had at least two children, Sarah who married Paul Pinkham, and Joseph who had wife, Elizabeth, before 1760.
Capt. Joseph Hicks (Dennis) married Sarah, daughter of Col. James Davis. He bought of Thomas Davis, 1723, fifteen acres near Moharimet's hill, in Madbury. He died in 1770, as his will shows. She died at the age of 91 and Andrew Drew was appointed to administer her estate 14 Jan. 1794. He had a garrison on the east side of the above named hill, called also Hicks' hill, and their graves are pointed out near by. He "lived where the old cellar is on the top of Hicks' hill."
SARAH b. 22 May 1721; m. Samuel Chesley.
JOHN b. 20 Oct. 1723. Not named in will, 1770.
MARY b. I Jan. 1725; m. Francis Drew.
HEPZIBAH bapt. 6 April 1729. Not named in will. ELIZABETH bapt. 31 July 1740; m. Samuel Dam.
2. JOSEPH bapt. 22 May 1746; m. (1) Lydia Brewster.
2. Joseph Hicks (Joseph2, Dennis1) married (I) as descend- ants say Lydia Brewster of Portsmouth, who died 15 May 1804. He married (2) Deborah, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Ham)
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Ham, born 1754. He died 20 June 1807. His estate was divided, 29 April 1817, among widow, Deborah, daughter, Elizabeth Joy, and Lydia Drew. Tombstone inscriptions and family records show the following descendants. His widow, Deborah, married Andrew Torr, 20 Dec. 1809.
ELIZABETH m. 15 Oct. 1803, Jacob Joy, Jr. She d. 28 May 1872, aged 90-4-17.
SARAH m. 12 Nov. 1795, Benaiah Drew. She d. I April 1805, aged 24, leaving a daughter, Lydia H. b. 3 Dec. 1796. [See Drew.]
HILL
Valentine Hill came to Oyster River in 1649. He was living in Boston in 1636 and was deacon in the church there. He married (1) Frances Freestone, daughter of Richard Freestone of Alfred, Lincolnshire, Eng. She was baptized at Horncastle, co. Lincoln, 13 Oct. 1610. Richard Freestone married his cousin, Margery Freestone. He was son of George Freestone, who married Mary, daughter of John Hutchinson. Mary was first cousin to William Hutchinson of Boston, who married the cele- brated Anne Marbury. The will of Robert Turner of Boston, 14 Aug. 1651, bequeaths property to "Hannah Hill, daughter of my wifes sister." Valentine Hill was one of the overseers of the will. [See article in the Essex Institute Hist. Coll., Vol. 48, pp. 236- 275, by G. Andrews Moriarty, A. M. Cf. Lechford's Note Book, P. 357, and Lincolnshire Pedigrees, p. 375.]
Valentine Hill's first wife died in Boston in 1644 and he married (2), before 1647, Mary, daughter of Gov. Theophilus Eaton of Connecticut. He died in 1661, leaving his property in a con- fused state, which commissioners had failed to fully settle after half a century and more. His widow married Ezekiel Knight of Wells, Me. She died 24 April 1708. Besides several children who died in infancy Valentine Hill had children as follows:
HANNAH b. 17 of Ist mo. 1638; m. 24 Jan. 1659, Antipas Boyce.
Children by second marriage:
SAMUEL b. 9 of 10th mo. 1648; 1. in 1661.
MARY b. 29 10th mo. 1649; m. Rev. John Buss.
2. NATHANIEL b. March 1659; m. Sarah Nutter.
2. Capt. Nathaniel Hill (Valentine), born the first of March
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1659, married Sarah, daughter of Anthony and Sarah (Langstaff) Nutter, granddaughter of Elder Hatevil Nutter of Dover Neck. He inherited his father's farm of 500 acres at the Falls. Sept. 13, 1697, Nathaniel Hill, only son and heir of Valentine Hill, re- nounced in open town meeting all right to Oyster River Falls, granted to his father. He was chosen deacon 3 April 1718. Will, 6 Jan. 1741-28 April 1742. He was prominent as an official in the church and town. He gradually lost his reason in his old age and spent the last six months of his life at the residence of his son-in-law, Capt. Benjamin Mathes.
VALENTINE m. a granddaughter of Edward Hall of New- fields. Was it Mary Francis? He was of Nottingham in 1765. He gave deed of 150 acres, 3 Aug. 1744, to Nathaniel Hill and Valentine Hill, Jr. The land adjoined the mill and included both sides of Mast Road up to the present town hall and Mill Road.
3. SAMUEL m. Sarah Thompson.
SARAH b. 18 July 1698 in Newington; m. 15 Dec. 1720, Daniel Warner of Portsmouth.
ABIGAIL m. 17 Dec. 1716, Benjamin Mathes.
MARY m. James Burnham.
THIRD GENERATION
3. Samuel Hill (Nathaniel2, Valentine1) married, 12 June 1718, Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah (Woodman) Thompson and had the following children. He died before 2 April 1767, when witnesses testified in court that for twelve or fourteen years last part he appeared to be "benumbed in his senses and not capable of acting Rationable upon any business."
MARY bapt. 15 Feb. 1718/9; m. Thomas Chesley.
ABIGAIL bapt. 10 April 1720.
4. SAMUEL b. 6 Oct. Bapt. 13 Oct. 1721; m. Abigail Huckins. .
5. NATHANIEL bapt. 15 Dec. 1723; m. Mary - (2)
Rebecca
JONATHAN bapt. 28 Aug. 1726; m. 24 March 1757, Mary Knight in Newington.
SARAH bapt. 7 Sept. 1727; m. 12 Dec. 1751, Samuel Clark of Wells, Me.
6. BENJAMIN bapt. 7 Sept. 1727; m. Betty Dudley.
7. ROBERT m. Abigail Hodgdon.
8. VALENTINE b. abt. 1730; m. Sarah Burley.
JOSEPH (?); m. in Durham Mary Bamford, 13 Sept. 1753, both of Barrington.
9. JOHN m. Kenniston.
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FOURTH GENERATION
4. Samuel Hill (Samuel3, Nathanielª, Valentine1), born 6 Oct. 1721, married, 17 Feb. 1754, Abigail, daughter of Capt. John and Abigail (Edgerly) Huckins, who was born 20 Feb. 1733 and died 30 Dec. 1829, in Ogden, N. Y. He was living in Lee in 1783, but removed to Danville, Vt., and died there.
JAMES of Ogden, N. Y.
JOHN b. in Durham Oct. 1772; m. 4 Feb. 1796, Polly, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Stevens) Thompson, b. 6 Feb. 1772. They had dau., Polly Hill, b. in Danville. Vt., or Ogden, N. Y., in 1805; who m. J. T. Willard. These were the parents of Frances E. Willard, first presi- dent of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and famous lecturer. Probably others.
5. Nathaniel Hill (Samuel3, Nathanielª, Valentine1) married (1) Mary - and removed to Barrington. His will, 18 Dec. 1804-8 Jan. 1805, names wife, Rebecca, and the following children except the first :
ABIGAIL bapt. in Durham 9 April 1763.
STEPHEN, JOSEPH, HANNAH and BETTY.
6. Benjamin Hill (Samuel3, Nathaniel2, Valentine1) married Betty, daughter of Nicholas Dudley, and lived successively in Durham, Epping, Deerfield, Brentwood and Northwood, where he settled in 1771. He was a leading townsman till the Revolution, when he went into the army and died at Ticonderoga in 1777, leaving ten children. [See History of Northwood.]
SALLY said to have m. Samuel Smith. She m. 20 Nov. 1775, Samuel Sherborne and d. in 1785. 5 ch.
NICHOLAS DUDLEY b. I March 1759; m. 12 Nov. 1782, Mary Crockett; d. 19 Dec. 1838. 9 ch. He was a soldier in the Revolution.
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ELIZABETH m. Nathaniel Dearborn and 1. in Vershire, Vt. JONATHAN b. 27 May 1763; m. Abigail Tilton; d. 8 May 1854. IO ch.
BENJAMIN m. Lydia Bunker of Barnstead. 3 ch.
SAMUEL bapt. 25 Oct. 1767; m. 27 May 1792, Judith Carr of Epping. 12 ch.
TRUEWORTHY m. (1) 12 Nov. 1792, Hannah Drew, (2) 1808,
Ruth Mathes, (3) perhaps Miss Chapman. He d. at Epping, 22 Aug. 1856, aged 86.
ABIGAIL m. 13 Feb. 1831, Benjamin Rowe of Allenstown.
DEBORAH b. 1773; m. 15 July 1792, John Prescott of Epsom. NOAH b. 9 Feb. 1775; m. 27 April 1797, Anna Parker. 9 ch.
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7. Robert Hill (Samuel3, Nathaniel2, Valentine1) married Abigail, daughter of Shadrach Hodgdon of Dover. He lived in Northwood and Nottingham.
SAMUEL b. 25 May 1769.
ROBERT b. I Dec. 1772.
SHADRACH b. 18 June 1775.
DANIEL b. 9 Jan. 1777. ABIGAIL b. 13 May 1781.
8. Lieut. Valentine Hill (Samuel3, Nathaniel?, Valentine1), born about 1730, lived in Nottingham till about 1780, when he removed to Coxhall, now Lyman, Me. His commission as lieutenant, given in 1765 and signed by Gov. Benning Went- worth, is in the possession of a descendant. He died 18 Feb. 1825. His wife was Sally Burley, who was born about 1743 and died 4 Aug. 1833.
JOHN BURLEY b. 3 May 1762; m. Sally Sawyer; d. 25 March 1825.
SALLY m. John Raymond; d. 27 June 1837.
VALENTINE m. Olive Wadlin; d. 6 June 1852.
ENOCH m. Molly Wadlin.
HANNAH m. Phineas Hooper; d. I April 1852, aged 80.
NATHANIEL b. 15 March 1776; m. Margaret Townsend; d. 15 Nov. 1857.
ABIGAIL b. 1779; m. Jonathan Taylor; d. 17 May 1838. MOLLY m. Abram Burnham.
JOSIAH d. when a young man.
SOLOMON m. Sarah Lord; d. I Sept. 1857, aged 74.
DEBORAH m. Richard Thompson.
SOPHIA b. 27 June 1787; m. (I) Thomas Jellerson, (2) Noah Hill; d. 23 Oct. 1857.
BENJAMIN d. in childhood.
9. John Hill (Samuel3, Nathaniel2, Valentine1) married Kenniston of Portsmouth and settled in Dayton, Me. Their children were:
JOHN m. Betsey Hamilton; pub. 15 Nov. 1806.
NOAH b. 27 Aug. 1787; m. Sophia (Hill) Jellerson, dau. of Lieut. Valentine Hill. He d. 10 Feb. 1860.
LEWIS who went to St. Louis, supposed to have been killed by Indians.
SALLY m. Edward Rumery.
SUSANNA m. James Hamilton, 25 Dec. 1806.
SAMUEL m. Lord.
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HILL
John Hill of Oyster River made a deposition in 1659, aged 35 years. He was first taxed in 1649. In my Old Kittery and Her Families it is said that he was taxed in 1639, a typographical error, copied from Memoranda of Ancient Dover. This later date does not support the theory that he was son of John Hill of Plymouth and Boston, who died in 1647. It is thought that John Hill of Oyster River married in Boston, 15 Jan. 1656, Elizabeth Strong. It is certain that he had wife, Elizabeth. He was not brother to Valentine Hill, as some have supposed, since the latter had a brother, John, in London. Since John Hill was living at Oyster River eight years before his marriage to Elizabeth Strong, it is supposable that she may have been his second wife, and that he may have been father of the William Hill, who was born in 1646, but there is no proof of this made known. John Hill's son, Joseph, bought his father's farm at the Point in 1685 and sold it to John Smart, from whom it passed to John Ambler. He was grand juryman in 1668 and 1671 and is mentioned as roughly treating the quakeress disturbers of public worship in 1661. [For many descendants see Old Kittery and Her Families, pp. 514-527.]
JOSEPH b. 1657; m. (1) Catherine Knight, (2) Susanna Beedle.
SAMUEL b. prob. 1659; m. 28 Oct. 1680, Elizabeth Williams. JOHN b. 1661 ; m. Sarah Brackett of Portsmouth.
BENJAMIN b. 8 April 1665; prob. d. young.
HANNAH m. William Frye of Kittery, now Eliot, Me.
ELIZABETH m. John Avery of Stratham, as a deed shows.
HILL
William Hill, born 1646, was taxed at Oyster River in 1675 and 1682. Zachariah Pitman, in 1696, testified that he had had some corn of "poor William Hill." He married Hannah, daughter of William and Ann Roberts, and his widow married (2) 22 May 1694, John Cox. [See Roberts.]
2. William Hill, son of the above, born 1669, had wife Judith, who was admitted to church at Oyster River, 7 April 1723, having been baptized 27 July 1718. He was baptized as William Hill, Sr., 8 Nov. 1722. He was surveyor in 1718 and assisted in the survey of a road to Lake Winnipiseogee in 1722. He sold
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one third of his farm to Henry Hill, II Nov. 1734. Two sons are known.
3. HENRY m. Hannah Drew.
4. WILLIAM m. Patience Drew.
MARY (?) m. 10 Sept. 1740, Salathiel Denbo.
3. Henry Hill (William2, William1) was an apprentice of John Knight in 1694. He married Hannah, daughter of John and Rebecca (Cook) Drew. She was born 26 Feb. 1709. He and wife, Hannah, conveyed land in Durham to Eliphalet Hill, 2 March 1738/9. Henry Hill was of Barrington in 1760. The following were probably his children:
5. ELIPHALET m. Jerusha -. PATIENCE bapt. 29 Dec. 1720.
ABIGAIL bapt. 29 Dec. 1720.
4. William Hill (William?, William1) married, 21 Aug. 1729, Patience, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Bunker) Drew, born Nov. 1709. He died in Durham about 1760. She died 7 July 1805, aged 98. His will, 20 June 1760-24 June 1761, names wife, Patience, and children, Robert, Abigail Jackson, Sobriety, and "daughters," perhaps also Benjamin.
ABIGAIL bapt. 29 Sept. 1739; m. 16 June 1755, James Jackson.
6. BENJAMIN bapt. 20 Sept. 1739; m. Betty Horney.
LYDIA bapt. 20 Sept. 1739. Not named in will.
ROBERT bapt. 10 Aug. 1740; m. Susanna, dau. of Thomas Ellison of Madbury.
SOBRIETY b. 20 Jan. 1743, bapt. 8 May 1743; m. 22 Dec. 1767, Samuel Shepard; d. 12 June 1840. Ch., Samuel b. 3 Feb. 1769, William b. 17 March 1770, Molly b. 24 April 1772, who m. Joshua Smythe of Holderness 17 March 1774, Lydia b. 22 July 1777, d. 10 May 1771, Betsey b. 13 Nov. 1785, d. 24 May 1888, aged 103.
5. Eliphalet Hill (Henry3, William2, William1) married Jerusha He seems to have removed to Rochester. He and Abigail Hill owned the covenant in Dover, I Jan. 1742, and Lucretia, daughter of Abigail Hill was baptized same day.
ELIZABETH and HANNAH bapt. in Dover I Jan. 1742.
JONATHAN of Rochester in 1790 with wife, Hannah.
SAMUEL of Rochester in 1774.
RUTH (?) m. Samuel Meader.
ELIPHALET, JR., of Rochester, 1777.
6. Benjamin Hill (William3, William?, William1), baptized 20 Sept. 1739, married 20 Sept. 1764, Betty, daughter of David
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and Elizabeth (Broughton) Horney of Portsmouth. David Horney of Galway, Ireland, and Elizabeth Broughton were married Nov. 1720. She was daughter of John and Prudence Broughton. David Horney married (2) Hannah, daughter of Joseph Buss. According to Madbury records Benjamin Hill died I Dec. 1805. Another record says he died I Sept. 1804, aged 71. His wife died 12 Dec. 1840. Children were:
BETSEY, HANNAH, JOHN, DANIEL of whom nothing more has been learned.
7. DAVID b. 2 June 1768; m. Mary Hooper.
7. David Hill (Benjamin4, William3, William?, William1), born 2 June 1768, married, 9 Nov. 1800, Mary, daughter of the Rev. William and Mary (Lord) Hooper of Madbury, who was born 27 March 1771. He had from his father a deed of the homestead in 1793. He died 10 June 1853. Children recorded in Madbury:
WILLIAM b. 29 Nov. 1801.
BETSEY HORNEY b. 2 Jan. 1804; m. William Martin of Sandwich in 1827; d. March 1862. Ch., Charles Augustus, Olive Harrison, and Mary Elizabeth.
MARY UNDERWOOD b. 28 Oct. 1805; m. Michael Fellows, 12 March 1837; d. 25 May 1893.
8. SOCRATES b. 22 July 1807; m. Sarah Payne. SAMUEL LORD b. 5 May 1810.
HANNAH SHEPHERD b. 21 Sept. 1812 ; d. 13 Feb. 1814.
8. Socrates Hill (David5, Benjamin4, William,3 William?, William1), born in Madbury 22 July 1807, married in 1833 Sarah Payne of Calais, Me., who was born 25 June 1814 and died 29 Jan. 1855, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Brown) Payne. Thomas Payne was born in Gorham, Me., and married. (1) Lydia Blake. He died in Calais 21 Dec. 1869, aged 75 years 7 months.2)Abigail Brown was a native of Dufferin, New Bruns- wick. The children of Socrates Hill, who died 20 June 1862 at Manitowoc, Wis., were as follows:
DANIEL LEWIS b. 25 May 1834; d. 30 July 1865. MARY ELIZABETH b. 20 Jan. 1836; d. 17 June 1836. CHARLES PRESTON b. 18 Dec. 1837; d. May 1839. HENRY HARRISON b. 13 Feb. 1840; d. 26 July 1840. CHARLES SOCRATES b. 14 Jan. 1842; d. 12 Oct. 1844. EDWARD b. 12 March 1846; d. 17 Jan. 1863. He enlisted in the Civil War in Co. D. Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry.
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EZRA b. 20 June 1848; d. 21 Aug. 1848.
EMILY COLBY b. 6 April 1852; m. Dr. John Frederick Prit- chard. Res., Manitowoc, Wis. Ch., Harry Hill b. 8 June 1875, d. 8 April 1880; Mabel Emily b. 30 April 1877, m. Rev. D. C. Jones, Lacrosse, Wis .; Mary Fellows b. 18 Sept. 1881, m. Archie T. Nash, lawyer of Manitowoc, Wis .; Grace L. b. 14 March 1883, m. Reed H. Hubbell, engineer, North Tonawanada, N. Y .; John Franklin b. 6 Jan. 1891, graduated at Cornell University, 1913, m. Lucile Martin.
Edward Hill, parentage unknown, was a trooper in 1757, corporal in 1765, sergeant in 1775, taxed in Durham in 1760, and lived in Lee after its separation. A Portsmouth paper published that he died suddenly in Lee, July 1800, aged 56, an error probably for 76. He married a daughter of Thomas Willey of Lee, probably the Mary named in Edward's will. [See some account of his descendants in N. H. Gen. Record, V. 99- 102.] His children were:
WILLE, or WILLEY b. 1759; m. Miriam Lamos of Lee. HANNAH m. Jonathan Young of Barrington.
ELIZABETH m. Nicholas Roberts of Strafford.
JUDITH m. Moses Lamos of Lee; d. 1860.
GEORGE, JOSEPH, MARY and HANNAH.
UNCLASSIFIED
In 1764 Jonathan Hill of Durham sold to Ebenezer Hill of Durham all his lands and property in Durham. Ebenezer Hill had wife, Susanna, and lived many years in Madbury, between 1766 and 1792.
There was an Isaac Hill of Dover, b. 1759, who removed to New York state and there married Julian Reeder. His line of ancestry was probably Isaac4 of Kittery, now Eliot, Me., Samuel3, Josephª, John1 of Oyster River.
HODGDON
Joseph H. Hodgdon, born 28 March 1827, married, 17 Sept. 1853, Melvina Bunker, who was born 24 March 1838.
GEORGE O. b. 28 Dec. 1854; m. (1) 12 April 1876, Anna Black- burn, (2) Florence M. Ford. Ch., Harry b. Oct. 1877, who married and has ch., Lester b. I Oct. 1908, and Wilber F. b. 5 Oct. 1910; Nellie b. Sept. 1879. Ch., by second marriage, Raymond b. 9 May 1908, Mildred b. 8 Nov. 1911.
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MARY O. b. 14 Aug. 1856; m. I April 1876, Thomas Black- burn. Ch., Frank E. b. 20 Oct. 1876, m. Bridget Sullivan; and Ella A. b. 14 Jan. 1889, m. Herbert Stacy. Frank E. and Bridget (Sullivan) Blackburn have ch., Julia C. b. 21 March 1900, Francis M. b. 30 May 1910. Herbert and Ella A. (Blackburn) Stacy have ch., Leroy B. b. 30 March 1899, Frank A. b. 8 Nov. 1901, Gertrude and Eve- lyn H., twins, b. 21 July 1907.
SARAH M. b. 19 Dec. 1859; m. 23 July 1892, Charles Edwin Smart. A son, Elmer B. Smart, was b. 21 Feb. 1896. JOSEPH A. b. 19 Sept. 1863; m. 28 Nov. 1888, Emma Wood. No ch.
HENRY E. b. 16 Dec. 1867; d. 13 April 1868.
EFFIE F. b. 15 April 1873; m. 27 Dec. 1900, Alfred G. Clark. LILLA A. b. 9 Aug. 1874; m. 16 Jan. 1893, Herbert G. Blais-
dell. Ch., Florence M. b. 21 July 1894, Marion H. b. 6 Oct. 1898, and George H. b. 12 Feb. 1901.
HOITT
Gen. Alfred Hoitt (Samuel6, Stephen5, Daniel4, Benjamin3, Thomas2, John1 of Salisbury, Mass.) was born II Jan. 1806 and died in Dover 9 Nov. 1883. He kept a hotel in Lee fourteen years. [See biographical sketch and portrait.] He married (1) 26 Oct. 1827, Susan, daughter of Paul and Martha (Woodman) Demeritt, who was born 22 Dec. 1806 and died 24 April 1877, (2) 6 June 1879, Mrs. Mary A. (Walker) Smart, widow of Dea. James Monroe Smart. She was born 13 April 1834 and died 28 Oct. 1901.
FRANKLIN WOODBURY b. 5 April 1829; d. 1876. Unm. ALFRED DEMERITT b. 14 Oct. 1830; d. 8 June 1909. [See chapter on Postmasters.] He m. Mary Elizabeth Saw- yer of Dover, who d. at Arlington, Mass., 9 May 1880. 4 ch., Alice E. who was drowned in Spy Pond, 24 May 1875, Gertrude Sawyer who m. 30 Oct. 1889, Thomas Ralph Parris of Arlington, Mass., Fannie Elwood who m. 17 June 1901, Walter Francis Hooker of Worcester, Mass., and Alfred Woodman, who m. 20 Nov. 1907, Ellen Grace Hall of Dover.
ALVINA AMANDA b. 8 Feb. 1832; m. Daniel C. M. Pierce of Dover, who d. 30 April 1899. She d. 22 April 1889. Ch., Ida May, who m. 18 Dec. 1890, James L. McKone, Frank D., and Ned H., who m. Amy Bryant of Dover.
SAMUEL PIPER b. 26 March 1833; m. 28 Jan. 1855, Mary Elizabeth Doe of Newmarket, who was b. 5 Aug. 1829 and d. 15 Dec. 1901. [See below.] He d. 20 April 1902.
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ELIZABETH SUSAN b. I March 1835; m. Samuel Chesley Hayes, who was b. in Madbury 18 Feb. 1834 and d. in Boston 20 June 1904. She d. 1I Jan. 1906. Ch., Harry Edgar who m. 16 Oct. 1901, Emma Susan Tilton of Exe- ter, Alfred Samuel who m. 8 June 1899, Sara May Bart- lett of Brockton, Mass., and d. 8 Nov. 1912, at Hopkinton, Mass.
LYDIA OLIVE b. 30 Oct. 1836; m. Rufus W. Willey, q. v .; d. 10 Oct. 1909.
HENRIETTA b. 28 Feb. 1838; m. Alden P. Sherburne of Con- cord, N. H.
MARY FRANCES b. 22 July 1839; m. (1) Charles Bean, (2) Franklin Young.
MARTHA ANN b. 20 April 1841; m. Marcellus Perkins of York, Me.
GEORGE IRVING b. 2 Feb. 1843; m. twice. Soldier in the Civil War.
WASHINGTON b. 25 Dec. 1844. L. in Somerville, Mass. Unm.
SYLVIA VICTORIA b. 12 Jan. 1847; m. Laban Mark True Hill of Barrington and 1. in Dorchester, Mass .; killed in an auto accident near Saco, Me., 22 June 1912.
CHARLES EDWARD b. 8 March 1849; m. 2 May 1881, Martha J. Langley. [See biographical sketch and portrait.]
Children of Samuel Piper and Mary E. (Doe) Hoitt:
CARRIE E. b. 18 March 1859; d. 2 Dec. 1874.
ANNIE ISABEL b. 3 Oct. 1860; m. 15 Nov. 1882, Henry G. Hayes of Madbury. Ch., Isabel Chadwick b. 28 Jan. 1884, Ralph Hoitt b. 20 Aug. 1885, Helen Louise b. 31 Oct. 1891.
FREDDIE T. b. 24 June 1866; d. 9 Sept. 1874.
GEORGE GAINES b. 12 Sept. 1867; m. I June 1893, Lura Mabelle Sleeper of Alexandria, N. H., b. in Bristol, 3 June 1864. Ch., Carrie Elizabeth b. 17 March, 1894, Alice Joanna b. 28 April 1895, Martha Luena b. 2 Sept. 1896, Ellen Crawford b. I Sept. 1898, Mary Georgene b. 19 Nov. 1903, and Samuel Waldo b. 23 July 1905.
HOLT
Enoch Holt married Lovey Langley and had the following chil- dren recorded :
DANIEL b. 21 June 1812. ELIZABETH b. 3 Feb. 1814.
ELMIRA b. 27 May 1815. HENRY b. 7 July 1818. STEPHEN b. 6 April 1820.
GEORGE W. T. b. 4 and d. II Sept. 1823.
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HISTORY OF DURHAM
HUCKINS*
Robert Huckins, born about 1620, signed the Dover Combina- tion of 1640. He had a grant of twenty acres, lot 16, Back River, Dover, in 1642. William Beard gave him a tract of his own land in 1675, next to land of John Woodman. He was killed by Indians 24 July 1694. The name of his wife is not known. He had a son, James.
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