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WILLIARD M. b. 2 Nov. 1867; m. (1) Lina Young, (2) 12 April 1910, Eva Belle Day. No ch.
ETTA F. b. 2 Nov. 1870; m. Thomas Warren Schoonmaker, who was born 19 Aug. 1864 in Liberty, N. Y. Ch., Charles Jenkins Schoonmaker b. 14 Nov. 1897.
ANNA B. b. 22 June 1873; m. Wilfred E. Nason and l. in Exeter. Ch., Marguerite G. Nason b. 23 Nov. 1894 and d. 2 Aug. 1905.
JONES
Stephen Jones, "Culler of Pipestaves," married, 29 Jan. 1663, Elizabeth, daughter of Darby Field. He was received as an inhabitant of Oyster River 19:1:1665/6 and took the freeman's oath 15 May 1672. He received land at Johnson's Creek re- granted from the estate of Thomas Johnson in 1672 and was living in 1680. Widow Jones was taxed in 1682, and Pike's Journal says that she died 10 March 1705/6. Two sons are known:
2. STEPHEN m. Abigail Nutter.
3. JOSEPH b. 1674; m. Ann (Roberts?).
WILLIAM (?) m. Mary Chesley bef. 1721. Seems to have 1. in Portsmouth.
2. Stephen Jones (Stephen) is called ensign in 1691, and later he is called captain. He was a prominent man in the history of Durham. It was he who successfully defended his garrison and gave refuge to many in the massacre of 1694. His wife, Abigail, was admitted to church 29 June 1719. She was
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probably daughter of Hatevil Nutter of Newington .* She was taxed in 1760. His will, 6 Aug. 1743-29 Sept. 1756, names the following children :
4. STEPHEN b. 3 March 1706; m. (1) Sarah Dame, (2) Susannah Millett.
EBENEZER m. (1) Joanna, dau. of John Ham who d. 4 May 1745, aged 31; (2) I Jan. 1761, Abigail, widow of his cousin, John Jones. Ch., Abigail who d. 25 Aug. 1780, aged 18 yrs, and Ebenezer. The latter m. Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Randall. She m. (2) Samuel Beck and d. 15 Dec. 1811, aged 69. Ebenezer Jones Jr., son by first marriage, d. 23 Aug. 1783 in Lee aged 48.
MARY m. John Smith, Jr., I June 1727. ABIGAIL m. Joseph Thomas.
3. Joseph Jones (Stephen) who deposed 22 Feb. 1734, aged 60, perhaps married (1) 7 Feb. 1706/7, Mary Spencer, and (2) Ann (Roberts?). He and seven children were baptized 13 May 1722, by the Rev. Hugh Adams. Oct. 22, 1744, his widow, Ann, ·renounced administration of his estate in favor of his oldest son, Joseph. The estate of widow, Ann Jones, was administered in 1762. The division of Joseph Jones' estate shows the following children :
JOSEPH m. Mary , d. abt. 1755; had one ch., Mary Jones who m. Lieut. Andrew Torr. His widow m. Her- cules Mooney.
BENJAMIN m. His estate was divided in 1794 among widow, sons, Matthias, Joseph deceased, George, John, Benjamin, Anthony, and daughters, Eliz- abeth, deceased wife of John Snell, Hannah, and Rebecca. JOHN m. Abigail Ham. She m. (2) Ebenezer Jones, I, Jan. 1761.
ANTHONY. Will, 4 April 1781. Then of Madbury.
ELIZABETH. Not named in division of estate; m. Jonathan Merrow of Somersworth and d. bef. 1760.
SAMUEL m. Elizabeth Field. Had dau., Ann, who m. Joseph Stevens.
RICHARD, taxed in 1760. Estate divided in 1790, then of- Madbury. Had sons, Samuel and Richard. The latter, of Nottingham, had ch., John, Samuel and Jane who m. Jonathan Huckins.
*Nov. 5, 1745, Stephen Jones, Jr., and wife, Sarah, Ebenezer Jones, John and Mary Smith, Joseph and Abigail Thomas, sold to Samuel Nutter of Newington, Jr., son of Hatevil Nutter, their right in the homestead in Newington, now in the possession of Samuel Nutter.
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THIRD GENERATION
4. Major Stephen Jones (Stephen2, Stephen1), born 3 March 1706, probably married (1) Sarah Dame daughter of William of Madbury born 26 Aug. 1714, and (2) Susannah daughter of Thomas and Love (Bunker) Millett, who was born 22 March 1740 and died 23 July 1829, aged 90. He died 8 June 1797, aged 91. Children by first marriage were:
SARAH bapt. 4 May 1740; d. young.
MARTHA bapt. 4 Aug. 1754; m. Nathaniel Meserve, 29 June 1769.
Children by second marriage:
STEPHEN MILLETT b. 10 Sept. 1763; m. 23 Nov. 1785, Sally, dau. of Col. Timothy Emerson. He d. at Woodstock, 23 Dec. 1847, aged 84 yrs. 3 mos.
5. WILLIAM b. 23 May 1766; m. Love Smith.
SUSANNA b. 3 May 1769; m. Edmund Thompson; d. 24 Feb. 1845.
ABIGAIL b. 5 Jan. 1772; d. 15 Nov. 1850.
6. THOMAS b. 4 Oct. 1775; m. Betsey Chesley.
FOURTH GENERATION
5. William Jones (Stephen3, Stephen2, Stephen1), born 23 May 1766, married, Love, daughter of Capt. John and Lydia (Millett) Smith, born II Oct. 1768. He died in Strafford, 21 Jan. 1845. She died 5 Nov. 1865. Children recorded in Durham:
JOHN S. b. 8 April 1793; m. Abigail Drew, 24 Feb. 1819; d. s. p.
SALLY D. b. 8 Jan. 1795, m. May 1819, Timothy, son of Lemuel Perkins of Strafford; d. 20 March 1866. 9 ch. SUSANNAH b. 25 Dec. 1797, m. Aaron Foye.
7. STEPHEN b. 31 July 1799; m. Leonis, or Lois Foye.
8. EBENEZER b. 21 June 1802; m. Hannah Foss and 1. in Barn- stead.
LYDIA S. b. II Oct. 1804; m. Paul Winkley.
SOPHIA G. m. Benjamin F. Foss, 12 July 1826.
ELIZA W. m. Robert W. Foss, 6 Jan. 1829.
6. Thomas Jones (Stephen3, Stephen2, Stephen1), born 4 Oct. 1775, married Betsey, daughter of Capt. Jonathan and Elizabeth (Emerson) Chesley, who was born 10 July 1784 and died 28 Oct- 1874. He died 26 March 1849.
THE JONES FARM HOUSE
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MARY S. b. 16 May 1805; pub. to Samuel Bunker 27 Nov.
1834. Had dau., Hannah, who m. Dr. Lafayette Chesley. COMFORT C. b. 18 Feb. 1807; d. 6 Sept. 1894.
ELIZABETH E. b. 20 Feb. 1812; m. 10 June 1836, Nathaniel G. Davis; d. Jan. 1869.
SUSAN M. b. 9 Oct. 1814; m. 23 Jan. 1839, Andrew G. Peters; d. 30 April 1906. He was b. in Bradford, Vt., 14 March 1812 and d. 8 March 1857.
WILLIAM F. b. 3 June 1818; m. 8 Jan. 1862, Laura, dau. of Thomas and Mary B. (Brown) Chase. He was repre- sentative in 1862 and 1864, 1. in 1886. Ch., Mary C. who m. Dana B. Cutler, and Elizabeth, a teacher, who m. Harrison Fowler.
ALICE ANN b. 19 June 1820, m. (1) I June 1853. Samuel Smart of Newmarket, who d. 15 May 1865. (2) George J. Wiggin of Durham, who d. 2 Sept. 1891.
LYDIA SMITH b. 23 Nov. 1822; d. 18 June 1889.
FIFTH GENERATION
7. Stephen Jones (William4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Stephen1), born 31 July 1799, married Leonis Foye and had three children. A Stephen Jones married, II Dec. 1832, Mary Hall of Newmarket. Perhaps this was a second marriage.
STEPHEN SMITH m. Harriet Holmes and had ch., Lydia J. and Abbie.
LOVEY m. Simon Gray. 3 ch.
ELIZA m. John Pickering.
8. Ebenezer Jones (William4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Stephen1), born 21 June 1802; married (1) 26 Nov. 1830, Sarah Ann Kenni- son, who was born Sept. 1810 and died at Dover, 16 June 183 -. He married (2) 27 April 1836, Hannah H. Foss, who was born 15 June 1811. Children were:
CLARISSA A. b. 2 Feb. 1833; d. 12 Nov. 1835.
GEORGE H. b. 15 May 1837; m. 13 May 1867, Augusta F. Straw.
SARAH A. b. 4 July 1840; m. I May 1859, John F. Holmes. EBENEZER FRANKLIN b. 5 Aug. 1843.
JENNIE L. b. 21 June 1848.
ABBIE H. twin to Jennie L.
ROBERT M. b. 8 April 1852.
Son, twin to Robert M., d. same day as born.
John P. Jones, born 9 May 1772, married Nancy Chesley, born 13 Aug. 1769. They had son, Samuel, born 23 Aug. 1805, who m. - Garland and died Nov. 1847.
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Robert Jones of Newmarket married, 5 June, 1795, Elizabeth Edgerly. He was published to Lydia Edgerly I Nov. 1812. He died in Durham 29 July 1835, aged 70. A son, Jonathan, died 8 June 1833. A Jonathan Jones married, 13 Feb. 1812, Lydia M. Smith.
m. 8 Nov. 1835, Charles M. Smith and Betsey Jones.
JOY
Samuel Joy (Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), born in Salisbury, Mass., 30 March 1706, was drowned at a ferry over Exeter River about 1752. He was a shipcalker and farmer. He married, about 1730, in Newmarket, Mary, daughter of Capt. John and Mary (Eastman) Burley, born in Ipswich, Mass., 19 Oct. 1715- She married (2) John Munroe and had children. He also was drowned near the spot where her first husband lost his life. Samuel Joy lived at Packer's Falls and had children as follows:
2. DEA. SAMUEL b. 4 Nov. 1738; m. Hannah Meader. HANNAH m. John Meader of Wolfeboro. SARAH m. Archelaus Woodman bef. 20 Dec. 1762.
SUSANNA doubtless b. 16 Nov. 1750; m. Ebenezer Meader, 26 Dec. 1773.
3. JACOB b. 17 Feb. 1749; m. three times.
2. Dea. Samuel Joy (Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Meader, in 1767. He died 31 Oct. 1824, aged 86. She was born 22 June 1746 and died 12 Aug. 1822. He served long as deacon in the church at Durham.
SAMUEL b. 18 Feb. 1769; m. 1794, Hannah Edgerly; d. in New Durham 15 Dec. 1849.
SALLY b. 10 Nov. 1771; m. 18 Jan. 1798, Ebenezer Parsons; d. 7 July 1850.
SUSANNA b. 5 Sept. 1774; m. 18 Jan. 1810, Ebenezer Doe; d. 26 Jan. 1845.
ELIZABETH b. 3 July 1777; d. 10 Nov. 1779.
MARY b. 8 Oct. 1780; m. 4 Jan. 1804, Valentine Smith; d. 10 Oct. 1810.
JACOB b. 13 Sept. 1783; d. 27 Nov. 1783.
4. EBENEZER b. 30 May 1785; m. 1815, Nancy Watson; d. 8 Aug. 1827.
5. TIMOTHY b. 16 July 1780; m. 1807, Mary French; d. 18 Dec. 1813.
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3. Jacob Joy (Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), born 17 Feb. 1749, married (1) 2 July 1775, Hannah, daughter of James and Mary (Folsom) Cram, who was born 10 Nov. 1755. and died 4 May 1792, (2) 8 Nov. 1792, Love, daughter of Serg. John and Abigail (Emerson) Thompson, who died 14 Oct. 1798, (3) 16 Dec. 1802, Alice Horn. He was a blacksmith and farmer, moved to Madbury in 1790 and died 12 March 1805. His widow married, I May 1809, Benjamin Page of Rochester.
6. JAMES b. 4 March 1778 in Durham; m. Sarah Pickering. POLLY m. 3 May 1803, James Pendexter. She d. 30 Dec. 1871, aged 87 yrs. II mos.
7. JACOB m. 15 Dec. 1803, Elizabeth Hicks.
Children by second marriage:
HANNAH b. 1I April 1794; d. 19 March 1834. Unm. ABIGAIL b. 29 March 1796; m. William Woodman.
4. Ebenezer Joy (Samuel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), born 30 May 1785, married, 16 Jan. 1815, Nancy, daughter of Henry Watson. He died 8 Aug. 1827, and she died I Oct. 1827. Children recorded in Durham:
JOHN b. 30 April 1817.
NANCY b. 30 May 1819; m. Frank Fesler; d. 17 Nov. 1894 in Lowell, Mass.
SALLY b. 23 July 1821; m. David F. Griffiths.
SAMUEL b. 30 April 1824; m. 1857, Susan D. Davis of Lee.
HENRY M. b. 21 April 1826; m. 1851, Elizabeth Moore of Bedford. He d. at Manchester in 1868.
6. James Joy (Jacob5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1), born 4 March 1778, married, 18 Dec. 1802, Sarah Pickering who was born in Newington 15 Dec. 1781 and died in Groton, Mass. 14 Dec. 1858. He removed to Pittsfield, Mass., in 1820, and thence went to Michigan. He died at Groton, Mass., 14 July 1857. He was a shipbuilder and manufacturer of scythes in Durham.
MARIA b. 25 April 1804; m. 28 Nov. 1824, John L. Thorn- dike.
JOHN P. b. 17 May 1806; m. (1) Judith P. Batchelder, (2) Susan E. Parsons of Durham, (3) Jane Biggar of Beards- town, Ill.
CAROLINE b. 17 May 1806; d. in infancy.
CHARLES b. 15 Sept. 1808; m. Georgianna Bachelder; d. in Morgan Co., Ill.
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JAMES F. b. 2 Dec. 1810; m (I) Martha A. Read of Yar- mouth. Mass., (2) Mary Bourne of Hartford, Conn. [See biographical sketch.]
RICHARD P. b. 28 March 1812; m. Mary M. Hartwell, Groton, Mass.
HENRY B. b. 1814; d. 1827.
CALVIN b. 23 May 1816; d. 25 Dec. 1839.
SARAH ANN b. 1820; m. 1854, Samuel Long, M. D.
SYLVESTER b. 5 Sept. 1822; m. 1846, Charlotte Pratt, Mor- gan Co., Ill.
MARY b. 21 Oct. 1823; m. John Pearce of Bridgewater, Me. HANNAH b. 1826; d. 1875. Unm.
7. Jacob Joy (Jacob5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel?, Thomas1), married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Brewster). Hicks. She died 28 May 1872, aged 90-4-17.
ELIZA H. b. 28 March 1804; m. 3 Oct. 1824, Abraham Miles- LYDIA B. b. 15 March 1807; d. 31 July 1826. Unm.
MARY ANN b. 14 May 1808; m. 23 Sept. 1826, Thaxter Russell. She d. II Nov. 1835. Her son, George William Russell, b. 22 Feb. 1835, was killed in the Civil War. EMELINE L. b. 22 Oct. 1812; m. Curtis Tasker.
JOSEPH HICKS b. 9 Aug. 1814; m. Lydia Jane Straw. He d. 6 Aug. 1850. His wife d. 3 Dec. 1844, aged 32.
5. Children of Timothy and Mary (French) Joy, recorded in Durham:
ALFRED b. 5 Sept. 1808.
MARY SMITH b. 22 Jan. 1811 ; m. 15 Jan. 1827, Wm. Badger of Newmarket.
EBENEZER b. 30 Nov. 1812; m. 28 Feb. 1833, Mehitable M. Doe. She d. II March 1906, aged 92-5-26. Ch., Wil- liam, a soldier in the Civil War, Timothy M., who m. Nellie dau. of Thomas Wiggin, George E., who m. Abbie Gilman, Charles F., and Sarah (?), who m. Charles A. Dearborn. Perhaps others.
KEILLE OR KELLEY
James Keille, tailor, came to Dover about 1730 and married Deborah, daughter of William and Deborah Styles. She was born 10 March 1706 and died 20 Nov. 1788. He was born 15. April 1708 and died 20 May 1790. Their children were:
2. JOHN b. 23 April 1731; m. Abigail Leighton.
BENJAMIN b. 23 April 1731. JAMES b. I Dec. 1733. WILLIAM b. 23 April 1736.
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SAMUEL b. 8 Nov. 1738; m. Olive or Mary Leighton.
MOSES b. 13 March 1741.
AARON b. II Oct. 1743.
EBENEZER b. 14 March 1746; m. 26 April 1781, Mary Hall; 1. in Strafford.
2. John Kelley (James), born 23 April 1731, married (1) 9 Dec. 1761, Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Ham) Leigh- ton, who was born 2 May 1740 and died 31 Dec. 1797. He mar- ried (2) Mrs. Phebe Trefethen, who died 8 April 1821, aged 84. He died 18 Dec. 1819. Children were:
3. BENJAMIN b. 23 Aug. 1763; m. Sarah Flagg.
HANNAH b. 22 March 1765; m. Ephraim Ham, 24 March 1785; d. 4 June 1849.
3. Lieut. Benjamin Kelly (John2, James1) married (1) in Rochester, 18 Feb. 1789, Sarah, daughter of Capt. John and Sarah (Odiorne) Flagg, who was born I Nov. 1772 and died 21 Sept. 1797. He married (2) 30 April 1800, Kezia Sawyer, who was born 12 Jan. 1762. He died 5 May 1837, having lived near the Barbadoes Spring in Madbury. Children by first marriage:
ABIGAIL b. 13 Nov. 1790; m. 20 Dec. 1812, Israel Estes; d. 18 Jan. 1813.
JOHN b. 16 July 1792; d. 17 Dec. 1794.
WILLIAM b. 25 May 1794; m. 29 Jan. 1822 Pamelia Demeritt; d. 4 March 1870. She d. 14 Nov. 1877, aged 81-2-10. Ch., Abigail, Julia A. who m. George W. Page, John W., George W., and Ivory H.
JOHN F. b. 10 Dec. 1796; m. Lydia Ham; d. 27 Oct. 1869. She was dau. of Ephraim and Hannah (Kelley) Ham, b. 29 Feb. 1792 and d. 26 April 1876. Ch., John H. b. 26 Jan. 1828, m. 21 Nov. 1861 Emily B. Leavitt, who was b. 3 Aug. 1842. They have ch., Gertrude L. b. 15 May 1863, James E. b. 17 July 1865, John F. b. 26 Oct. 1870, and Harry T. b. 3 April 1873.
Children by second marriage:
JAMES b. II Sept. 1801; d. 24 Nov. 1814.
IVORY b. I May 1804; d. Dec. 1833. Lost at sea. SARAH b. 15 Sept. 1805; d. 21 Feb. 1811.
Benjamin Kelley (Samuel2, James1) was born in Madbury 18 Feb. 1787. He married Anne, daughter of James and Sarah (Thompson) Leighton. She was born 6 July 1792 and died 6 May 1867. Ben- jamin Kelley was selectman in Madbury in 1816. He removed to Durham, where he was moderator, town clerk, selectman and representative.
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SARAH ANN b. 21 Dec. 1809; m. John O. Odell; d. 14 May 1855. JOHN L. b. 23 Oct. 1811; m. 3 Sept. 1838, Mary E. Hurd; d. in Manchester I May 1887. Lieutenant colonel and quartermaster in the Civil War. Mayor of Manchester in 1877. See page 152 of Vol. I.
LYDIA b. 31 Jan. 1814; m. 23 Sept. 1840, Capt. Andrew L. Simpson: d. 31 May 1895. She left about $18,000 to the Congregational Church and Durham Library Association. See page 215 of Vol. I.
SAMUEL b. 22 April 1816; m. and d. in Washington, D. C., leaving ch.
OLIVE b. 15 April 1818; d. 1I Sept. 1819.
OLIVE b. 19 Nov. 1820; m. George Ross of Boston; d. 3 Sept. 1891: 2 ch.
BENJAMIN b. 22 Jan. 1823; d. 5 Sept. 1842. Unm.
MARY ELIZABETH b. II March 1825.
MOSES NOBLE b. 19 April 1828; m. -- Bean; d. in Durham.
JAMES L. b. 14 Jan. 1830; d. 12 March 1833.
CHARLES TIBBETTS b. 30 April 1832.
KENISTON
Nathan Keniston, born 9 Jan. 1781, married 20 Sept. 1809, Lydia Willey, who was born 28 Feb. 1781. He died Nov. 1822. Children recorded in Durham:
MARY b. 2 May 1810. LUCY ANN b. 6 Dec. 1812.
NATHAN b. I April 1814; m. 3 Dec. 1843 at Great Falls, Lucinda Ham, b. 24 Jan. 1816. He d. about 1891. Had son, John H., b. 29 April 1852, who m. Ida M. Colomy, b. 6 May 1862, dau. of Jacob and Tamsen J. (Caverly) Colomy.
LYDIA S. b. 28 Oct. 1821.
KENT
Oliver Kent was taxed at Oyster River in 1648 and bought the estate of George Webb in 1651. He had a grant in 1656. There were laid out to him, 3:2:1658, seventy acres, which have ever since remained in the possession of the Kent family. He died intestate and his widow, Dorothy, was appointed to ad- minister his estate, together with John Bickford, 28 June 1670. The reason of his appointment may be that he was her brother-in- law. [See Hull family.] Joseph Kent, born 1660, deposed in
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1705 that he did live with Benjamin Mathes thirty-five years past, that is, when he was ten years old. This was probably because Widow Dorothy Kent had become Dorothy Mathes, wife of Benjamin. She was probably daughter of the Rev. Joseph Hull.
2. JOSEPH b. 1660; m. Jane JACOB administrator of Robert Watson's estate, 1703. HANNAH m. (1) Robert Watson, (2) John Ambler. RICHARD prob. killed by Indians, 21 Oct. 1705.
2. Joseph Kent (Oliver) was aged 45, when he made a depo- sition, 6 Nov. 1705. He was admitted to church, 18 Oct. 1719, and died June 1727. His wife, Jane, was admitted to church, 14 Sept. 1718. Joseph, Dorothy, Sarah and Elizabeth Kent sold, 1 April 1743, to brother, Samuel Kent, all right in the estate of their father, Joseph Kent of Durham, bordering on land of Stephen Willey and of John Ambler. The will of Robert Kent of Durham, 25 July 1748-27 April 1759, names brother, Joseph, sisters, Dorothy, Sarah, Elizabeth, cousin, Jonathan Langley, sister's children, Thomas and Hannah Langley, sons of late brother John, viz., John, Benjamin and Joseph Kent.
3. JOHN m. Mary Wakeham.
JOSEPH 1. in 1748. ROBERT d. unm. [See above will.] HANNAH m. Thomas Langley. DOROTHY, SARAH, and ELIZABETH.
THIRD GENERATION
3. John Kent (Joseph?, Oliver1) married Mary, daughter of Edward and Sarah (Meader) Wakeham. She was admitted to church 5 April 1724. He died before 1748. Lived on the Kent homestead.
ABIGAIL bapt. 27 Sept. 1719; prob. d. bef. 1748. EBENEZER bapt. 27 Sept. 1719; prob. d. bef. 1748.
MARY bapt. 27 Sept. 1719; m. Moses Edgerly.
4. JOHN bapt. 30 Oct. 1726; m. Lydia JEMIMA bapt. 30 Oct. 1726; prob. d. bef. 1748.
BENJAMIN bapt. 30 Oct. 1726. He sold to brother, John,
1753, right in estate of father, John, and grandfather, Joseph.
HANNAH bapt. 5 April 1728; m. James Durgin.
MARTHA bapt. 5 April 1729.
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ELIZABETH bapt. 18 April 1729; m. Reuben Bickford. JOSEPH named in Probate records, 1748.
FOURTH GENERATION
4. John Kent (John3, Joseph2, Oliver1) married Lydia He was buried in June 1781, as a church record says. The administration of his estate was granted, to his widow, Lydia Kent, 17 April 1782. The division of his estate, in 1787, was among widow, Lydia, and sons Robert, "double share," John, Richard and Ebenezer. The last was then deceased. Births recorded in Durham:
ROBERT b. 4 Jan. 1756; 1. in 1787.
5. RICHARD b. 19 April 1764; m. Dorothy Edgerly. EBENEZER buried 24 Feb. 1783.
JOHN m. Temperance Lapish, 21 May 1791.
FIFTH GENERATION
5. Richard Kent (John4, John3, Joseph2, Oliver1), born 19 April 1764, married, II Sept. 1785, Dorothy Edgerly. He died 8 June 1842, aged 77, as his tombstone says. She died 10 Sept- 1849, aged 83.
6. EBENEZER m. (1) Polly Shepherd, (2) Martha Crommett.
7. RICHARD m. (1) Polly Crommett, (2) Love Bickford. JOHN m. 24 April 1808, Susanna Leavitt, Wolfeboro. MARY m. 1813, David Rand of Barnstead and Durham.
SIXTH GENERATION
6. Ebenezer Kent (Richard5, John4, John3, Joseph2, Oliver1) married (1) 18II, Polly Shepherd and had daughter, Polly, (2) 6 March 1817, Martha, daughter of John and Eunice (Meserve) Crommett. He died 21 Feb. 1874, aged 87 years, 10 months. His first wife died 28 Feb. 1813, aged 22 years.
POLLY m. 26 Dec. 1833, Daniel Edgerly. She d. 12 Oct. 1883, aged 70-7-19.
JOHN m. 2 July 1837, Elizabeth Mathes; d. 17 April 1843, aged 26. Had one son, Eben, b. 23 Sept. 1840, who m. Anna Maria Nute and 1. on the old Kent farm. Has son, John Elmer, who m. (1) Lizzie Simpson, (2) Martha Sanborn, and had ch., Ralph, George W., Blanche, and Marion; daughter Clara E. b. 17 Aug. 1867, who m. John B. G. Dame; and daughter Susan who m. Lewis Walker. She died and he m. (2) Marion Kent, niece of his first wife.
ELIZA m. (1) John Mooney Mathes, (2) John Quimby.
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7. Richard Kent (Richard5, John4, John3, Joseph2, Oliver1) married, 9 June 1814, Polly, daughter of John and Eunice (Me- serve) Crommett, (2) 1821, Love Bickford, daughter of Robert and Hannah (Dame). His will, 21 Nov. 1860-2 May 1865, names wife, Love and two children:
MARY m. John Doe of Newmarket.
JAMES m. -- Trickey of Dover.
KINCAID
David Kincaid, Scotchman, came to Boston from Cambridge, 29 Dec. 1684; entertained by Widow Neale, to draw beer. [See report of Record Commissioners of Boston, Vol. X, p. 60.]
On 2 Jan. 1684, Thomas Dewer (Scotchman) became surety to the town of Boston for David Kinked and his family. [Id., p. 76.]
David Kincaid was a member of the Scotch Charitable Society in Boston, in 1684.
David Kincaid settled at Oyster River. He was four months in military service in 1696. He married (2) Anne, widow of Stephen Jenkins, who was baptized 10 Feb. 1722/3 as widow of David Kincaid, deceased the foregoing week. She married (3) Thomas Potts. The place where Kincaid lived, near the Wood- man Garrison, is still known as "Kinket's field." The Kincaid homestead now has upon it two college dormitories, one store, six or seven residences, a water supply system and a new street. It is crossed by the Boston and Maine Railroad. Kincaid's brook flows from the college reservoir to tide water. In the deed of forty acres, given by his widow, Ann, to Robert Thompson, in 1723, a place in Lee is called "Camsoe," doubtless a corrup- tion of the word Campsie, the name of a parish in the county of Stirling, Scotland, containing a village called Kincaidfield. It is not far from Glasgow. The place in Lee was named for the place well known and loved in Scotland. The will of David Kin- caid, 23 June 1719-6 March 1722/3, names wife, Anne, son, Naphtali, and daughters, Hannah Hay and Sarah Kincaid.
Hannah Hay was admitted to church, I Sept. 1723, and had children, Samuel and Hannah Hay, baptized the same day.
Naphtali, son of David Kincaid, married Christian Rand, 7 Dec. 1717. He was baptized 31 Nov. 1716/7 and she 7 Nov. 1725. He was of Sheepscot, Me., 20 Nov. 1740, when he sold
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HISTORY OF DURHAM
to Samuel Lovell land in Sheepscot which he bought in 1735, as is recorded in York Deeds. Widow Christian Kincaid of Sheep- scot, 15 Sept. 1749, sold to John Woodman her right of dower in land in Durham. David Kincaid, who served in the Louisburg expedition, was doubtless son of Naphtali Kincaid.
There was a Samuel Kincaid in Jefferson, Lincoln County, Me., in the year 1800.
KIDDER
Samuel Kidder, born 4 June 1852, married, 9 May 1876, Lucia Almira Soule, daughter of John P. and Harriet (Campbell) Soule, born at Georgetown, Me., 3 April 1855. They have lived in Durham about fifteen years.
"LITTLE SAM" b. 15 June 1877 in Malden, Mass., d. in infancy.
SAMUEL THOMPSON b. in Malden 23 Dec. 1878.
RICHARD ARNOLD b. in Melrose 17 Jan. 1882.
HAROLD SOULE b. in Melrose 5 April 1893.
KNIGHT
John Chevalier is said to have been a Huguenot refugee and to have changed his French surname to its equivalent, Knight. He was on the Portsmouth rate list for 1681. He married, 29 March 1684, Bridget, daughter of Richard Sloper, who married Mary, daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne. He bought various pieces of land at Newington, 1702-07, of Ben- jamin Bickford, John Downing and Zachariah Trickey, thus getting ownership of the ferry to Hilton's Point and to Kittery. He was buried at Pine Point, overlooking the Pascataqua, and his tombstone declares that he was born 30 Aug. 1659 and died II May 1721. His will, 29 Nov. 1720, names wife, Bridget, sons, John, Temple, and William, who married, 29 Nov. 1722, Deborah Penhallow; daughter, Elizabeth, who married (1) 12 Sept. 1706, John Janvrin of the Island of Jersey and, (2) 10 Oct. 1720, the Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington, daughter Mary Knight. Bridget Knight's estate was administered by her son, Capt. John Knight, in 1740.
Capt. John Knight, son of the above, married Elizabeth He is called captain in 1723 and served as moderator and select- man several times and representative. His will, 8 Nov. 1765-29
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HISTORY OF DURHAM
Jan. 1766, names wife, Elizabeth, and most of the following children :
JOHN appears to have d. s. p. 23 Feb. 1770. Had wife,
Temperance. Ensign John Knight m. 17 April 1743, Patience Smith of Durham.
NICHOLAS m. 28 Nov. 1744, Sarah Thompson. Ch., William bapt. 18 May 1746, Charles bapt. 18 Dec. 1748, Susanna bapt. 14 April 1751, and Nicholas bapt. 29 June 1755. MARY bapt. 5 May 1717; d. young.
DANIEL bapt. 24 June 1720.
BRIDGET bapt. I Oct. 1721; m. 6 July 1740, James Chad- bourne, (2) Allen.
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