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JAMES bapt. in Hampton 9 May 1797. He had wife, Mary, son, James, bapt. by the Rev. Hugh Adams, 29 Nov. 1721 ; rem. to Chester.
MARY b. 28 Aug. 1697; m. Jeremiah Folsom.
ELIZABETH b. 7 May 1692; m. John Davis.
MARGARET b. 20 June 1696; m. 7 Dec. 1718, William Willey. HEPHZIBETH bapt. 28 June 1699; m. Richard Clifford.
ROBERT prob. He had ch. bapt. at O. R., Anne bapt. 30
July 1723, and John bapt. 8 Feb. 1727/8. Among the grantees of Holderness, 1761, were Robert and Charles Bamford.
m. 28 Sept. 1749, William Williams and Jane Bamford.
m. 13 Sept. 1752, Joseph Hill and Mary Bamford, both of Barrington.
m. II June 1753, Daniel Evans and Eleanor Bamford, both of Barrington.
Aug. 13, 1736, William McDaniel of Durham deeded to his daughter, Eleanor Bamford, land in Barrington.
John Bamford, Jr., was drowned in 1726.
BEARD
William Beard was at Oyster River in 1640. His garrison stood east of Beard's Creek. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him. He gave land to James Huckins, 19 April 1675. He was killed by Indians, about the first of November, 1675. His property was divided between his wife and Edward Leathers.
Thomas Beard, born 1608, had a grant of land at Sandy Point, on Dover Neck, in 1642, and, with Valentine Hill, a grant of Oyster River Falls in 1649. He was in Barbadoes in 1668 and then gave to his wife, Elizabeth, a power of attorney. He left widow, Mary, who married William Williams. His will, 16 Dec. 1678, names wife, Mary, and children:
JOSEPH m. Esther dau. of James Philbrick of Hampton, b. I March 1657. Est. adm. 1703. Widow m. Sylvanus Nock, 12 Nov. 1705.
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THOMAS, under 21 in 1678, was in Barbadoes in 1691.
MARTHA m. - Brimhor .*
ELIZABETH, second wife of Jonathan Watson.
MARY m. John Hudson, 25 July 1689, probably his second wife.
HANNAH b. 24 Oct. 1666; not named in will, 1678.
Children of Joseph and Esther (Philbrick) Beard:
ENSIGN JOSEPH m. 24 March 1700/1, Elizabeth Waldron. Est. adm. in 1723 by widow and son-in-law, Richard Plummer. Had ch., Sarah and Bridget, bapt. 31 May 1719. A dau. Elizabeth m. Richard Plummer. Had also son, Samuel, and dau. Esther, who m. Dolloff. SAMUEL, mentioned in 1717. He was of Scarborough, Me., in 1738.
ESTHER m. Joseph Hall, 3 Nov. 1707.
BENNETT
This surname is often written Bennick. Arthur Bennett, born about 1640, as depositions show, married before 1665 Mary, daughter of John and Welthen Goddard. He was taxed at Oys- ter River, 1666-67. He mortgaged, 13 June 1679, to Nicholas Harrison of Fox Point land and part of saw-mill at Piscassick, "which formerly belonged to our Honred father John Goddard." He died 20 Jan. 1682 /3. His wife died before April 1717.
2. JOHN.
3. ABRAHAM b. abt. 1672; m. Sarah Chesley.
RUTH probably; m. 23 Feb. 1691/2, Francis Matthews.
2. John Bennet (Arthur) is named in the will of John God- dard, Jr., 1672. He is called, 21 April 1696, "son and onely son and heir of Arthur Bennick deceased." He signed a petition in 1694. He is supposed to have married and to have had the following children :
4. ARTHUR m. Dorcas Rawlins.
5. BENJAMIN m. Penelope Cook.
3. Abraham Bennett (Arthur), born about 1672, died after 3 Jan. 1753/4. He married Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Thomas) Chesley. The Rev. Hugh Adams records, " Bapt. 17 Feb. 1716/7, Abraham Bennick, Sarah his wife, Sarah
* I think this was George Brimhall, or Bramhall, who was of Dover in 1670, of Casco, Me., in 1678, where he was killed by Indians in 1689. His widow, Martha, removed to Hingham Mass., and married (2) 19 Dec. 1698, Gershom Hall of Chatham, Mass., an unordained preacher. [History of Hingham, Vol. II. p. 90, and Smith's History of Chatham.]
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and Ruth their adult daus., Abraham, Benjamin and Eleazar their sons in nonage." He had a grant of land 19 March 1693/4. He was Lieutenant in command of volunteers at Oyster River in 1724, selectman in 1717. Wife was living in 1722.
SARAH, admitted to church 25 May 1718; m. prob. 30 Dec. 1725, James Marston.
RUTH bapt. 17 Feb. 1716/7.
6. ABRAHAM b. 14 Feb. 1703/4; m. Abigail Wedgwood.
7. BENJAMIN m. Mary Gilman.
ELEAZAR.
MARTHA, spinster in 1740.
THIRD GENERATION
4. Arthur Bennett (John2, Arthur1) married, about 1715, Dorcas Rawlins of Stratham. According to tradition he was killed in his field by Indians in 1722. Administration of his estate was granted to his father-in-law, Thomas Rawlins, 6 June 1722. He was a cordwainer. He bought land in Exeter, now Newmarket, west side of Piscassic River, 2 March 1715. His widow, Dorcas, married Joseph Glidden after 1742 and before 1753. She was daughter of Thomas and Phebe (Lawrence) Rawlins.
8. JOHN b. 1716; m. Lydia Durgin.
9. CALEB b. 1718; m. 1746, Abigail Lovering.
ARTHUR b. 1723; m. Ann dau. of Samuel Pease. A dau. Martha m. 2 June 1777, William Stevens, and another dau. Phebe m. John Barter, 23 Feb. 1778.
THOMAS b. 1720; m. Catherine Lawrence; d. s. p. 1784.
JEREMIAH (?) b. 1722; m. 1738, Rachel, dau. of Abner Sanborn of Hampton.
5. Benjamin Bennett (John2, Arthur1), born 1687, married, 16 Dec. 1714, Penelope Cook of Gloucester, Mass. He lived in Gloucester as a fisherman. He was drowned 18 July 1723, aged 36. Penelope, his widow, was of Durham 1748-51. Children born at Gloucester.
MARY b. I Aug. 1715; d. 9 March 1725.
BENJAMIN b. 27 March 1718; d. abt. 1748. Mariner of Gloucester. Ch. bapt. at Durham, 5 July 1753, Dorcas and Moses.
10. JOHN b. 9 May 1721; m. Abigail -- abt. 1748.
WILLIAM b. 3 May 1723.
6. Lieut. Abraham Bennett (Abraham2, Arthur1), born 14 Feb.
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1703/4, married, 11 April 1728, Abigail, dau. of John Wedgewood of Exeter, born 22 March 1701. He died 15 Dec. 1792. She died 23 March 1788.
MARY bapt. 5 Feb. 1728/9; m. Benjamin Bickford, 19 Nov. I750.
MARTHIA b. 1730; m. Andrew Burleigh; d. 18 March 1800, aged 70.
II. JOHN b. II Nov. 1740 m. Mary Bennett; d. 27 Feb. 1824. Perhaps others.
7. Benjamin Bennett (Abraham2, Arthur1), born between 1703 and 1711, married Mary Gilman, as a deed shows. He signed a petition for a bridge in 1760.
MARY bapt. 3 Sept. 1749; m. Daniel Croxford; d. 21 June 1820, aged 72.
12. CAPT. ELEAZER bapt. 2 Dec. 1752; m. Anna Clough.
ELIZABETH b. 1745; m. George Dame; d. 25 July 1842, aged 97.
RUTH m. Aaron Chesley, 29 Nov. 1781.
SARAH m. Joseph Tuttle.
SUSANNA d. 29 May 1834, aged 92.
FOURTH GENERATION
8. Dea. John Bennett (Arthur3, John2, Arthur1), born 1716, married Lydia, daughter of Francis and Sarah (Marston) Durgin of Durham and lived in Newmarket. He died in 1789. Children all born in Newmarket:
JOHN b. abt. 1746; m. 5 May 1773 Deborah Burley, dau. of John and Sarah (Hall). She was b. I April 1748 and d. 19 Sept. 1825. He d. 17 June 1819.
COTTON b. abt. 1748; m. Mary Newton of Greenland; d. 1795. She d. June 1831.
SARAH b. 25 April 1750; m. 14 May 1767, Benning, son of Capt. John and Elizabeth (Pickering) Brackett of Green- land, who was b. 31 March 1745 and d. 21 Jan. 1815. She d. 9 June 1823. Lived in Newmarket. 16 ch.
JOSIAH b. 4 Aug. 1753; m. 13 June 1776, Catherine Goodwin, dau. of James and Mehitabel (Lawrence), b. 1759, d. I Feb. 1815. He d. 20 May 1832.
9. Caleb Bennett (Arthur3, John2, Arthur1), born 1718, mar- ried, 1746, Abigail Lovering and lived in Northwood.
ARTHUR b. 1747; m. Molly Mason of Newmarket.
NANCY b. 1749; m. John Mason.
LUCY b. 1751; m. Thomas Haines.
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OLIVE b. 1753; m. Joseph Garmon of Gilmanton.
LYDIA b. 1755; m. Wm. Stockman, 28 Oct. 1778, or John Stockman (?).
MARY b. 1757; m. Thomas Rollins of Newmarket.
DOLLY b. 1759; m. Eliphalet Durrell of Lee.
THOMAS b. 14 Jan. 1761 ; m. Sarah Davis of Lee. See History of Northwood.
DEBORAH b. 1763.
EBEN b. 1765; m. Sally Priest of Nottingham.
ESTHER b. 1767; m. Benjamin Johnson.
10. John Bennett (Benjamin3, John2, Arthur1), born in Glou- cester, Mass., 9 May 1721, married Abigail (Roberts?). He lived a while in Durham and removed to New Durham after 1762, where he was selectman in 1779.
BENJAMIN b. abt. 1745; m. (1) Elizabeth March, (2) Widow Elizabeth (Gage) Bell, 18 Nov. 1782; d. in Alton, 6 ch. MARY b. 26 June 1746; m. 5 Feb. 1767, John Bennett.
JOHN bapt. 14 June 1753; m. 24 March 1783, Lydia Gage. WILLIAM bapt. I May 1757.
SARAH bapt. I July 1762; m. John Jackson (?).
ABIGAIL (?) bapt. at Rochester, 3 July 1782, "Daughter to John Bennett of New Durham, offered to baptism by her grandparents, Roberts."
THOMAS (?).
II. John Bennett (Abraham3, Abraham2, Arthur1), born II Nov. 1740, married Mary Bennett, it is said, 5 Feb. 1767. He died 27 Feb. 1824, aged 83. Mary, his wife, died 14 March 1824, aged 78. She was born 26 June 1746.
ABRAHAM b. 25 June 1768; m. Betsey Savage; d. 10 Jan. 1859 in Dover. She was b. 18 Feb. 1772 and d. 19 Jan.
1833. Ch., John, Mary, Job Bryant, Sarah, Eliza, Thomas and James.
ISAAC b. 14 Jan. 1771; d. 15 Dec. 1823. Unm.
ABIGAIL b. 19 June 1773; m. 4 Nov. 1792 John Smith; d. II July 1864.
JACOB b. 23 Dec. 1775; d. 22 May 1856. Unm.
SARAH b. 23 Aug. 1779; m. 13 Feb. 1803, Henry Young; d. 21 Apr. 1853. He was b. 23 July 1773 and d. 24 Aug. 1810.
MARTHA b. 4 Feb. 1783; m. William Young, 19 Feb. 1809; d. 7 March 1862.
I2. Capt. Eleazer Bennett (Benjamin3, Abraham2, Arthur1), born 22 June 1750, as town records say, while family records say 16 or 17 June; died 25 Dec. 1851, aged 101 years 6 months
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8 days. He was one of those who captured the powder at Fort William and Mary in 1774. He married, 6 April 1783, Anna Clough, who died 15 Aug. 1839, aged 83 years, 8 months. She was daughter of Ephraim Clough who died I April 1812, aged 82, and Hannah his wife, who died I Oct. 1824, aged 67.
SARAH b. II Nov. 1795; m. George Dame, 9 Nov. 1817.
MARTHA m. Capt. Edward Griffiths 3 Dec. 1813.
NANCY d. 6 July 1837. Unm.
MARY d. 5 March 1849, aged 64. Unm.
ELEAZER d. 17 May 1854, aged 55.
JOHN d. 25 March 1863, aged 70-0-14.
BICKFORD
George Bickford and William Bickford were inhabitants east of the Kennebec River in 1664. Andrew Bickford, Lawrence Bickford and William Bickford and others had a grant of the lower end of Arrowsic Island, near the mouth of the Kennebec, in 1679. John Bickford was of the Isles of Shoals in 1642, and his estate was administered by Philip Tucker in 1662. Edward Bickford was of Portsmouth, 1660-86, and had wife and children. He was a carpenter and lived on Sagamore Creek and was licensed innkeeper, 8 Oct. 1686. Mary Bickford and her son, Nicholas, are named in records of Court at Portsmouth in 1676. Elizabeth Bickford was a witness in 1669 and 1679. Samuel Bickford, born 1642, was of Salisbury, Mass., in 1667. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of Edward Cottle, and removed to Nan- tucket. He had daughter Mary born in Amesbury, Mass., 8 June 1668.
John Bickford, grandson of Richard Cator, died about 1690, leaving widow, Jane, who married John Dockum, and daughters, Agnes and Mary. Agnes married Samuel Lary of Exeter. Mary was a cripple and died, unmarried, before 1709.
All these are mentioned in order that they may not be confused with the families here traced.
John Bickford of Oyster River Point, according to two deposi- tions made in 1669, was then sixty years of age. There are depositions of a John Bickford which make him to have been born in 1609, 1612, and 1615. There may have been several John Bickfords, and perhaps John, or the clerk, did not know just how old John was. Old depositions show that many persons varied in age from time to time. John Bickford bought of Darby
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Field, 16 July 1645, house and lot between Little Bay and Oyster River (except the breadth of a lot in the possession of Thomas Willey) and a piece of marsh at Long Point in the Great Bay, containing seven or eight acres, with a point of land adjoining. The first lot was already in the occupation of John Bickford. The second lot was at Fox Point, in what is now Newington. Thirty acres more were granted to John Bickford senior at Fox Point in 1653, showing that there was another John Bickford in Dover at that time, perhaps the Bickford who married a daughter of Richard Cator of Bloody Point. John Bickford of Oyster River was freed from training in 1671 by reason of age. Accord- · ing to the first deposition he would then be 62 years old. He had wife, Temperance, and I think she was daughter of the Rev. Joseph Hull, born 1626. [See Hull family.] John Bickford's will, dated 12 Feb. 1685, names only wife, Temperance, and daughter, Joanna. His wife, Temperance, died before 7 Oct. 1697. In the settlement of Temperance Bickford's affairs al- lusion is made by Thomas Bickford to "brother Smith," to "brother Burnham" and to "brother Bickford." His family, then, according to reliable evidences consisted of the following persons :
- ELIZABETH m. Joseph Smith, abt. 1668.
LYDIA m. Francis Drew, abt. 1673.
MARY m. Nicholas Harrison, bef. 13 May 1677.
2. THOMAS b. 1660; m. Bridget Furber.
3. JOHN m. Susanna Furber abt. 1684.
HANNAH b. 5 Nov. 1665.
JOANNA b. 1669; m. John Redman of Hampton, (2) Samuel Healey.
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TEMPERANCE m. Jeremiah Burnham abt. 1689.
4. BENJAMIN b. 20 Oct. 1672; m. Sarah Bassum.
2. Thomas Bickford (John) was born in 1660, according to a deposition. He married Bridget, daughter of William Furber of Newington. He lived on the homestead at Durham Point, where he successfully defended his garrison house from the attack of Indians in 1694. His will, 31 Oct. 1705-4 March 1706/7, names wife Bridget and four children:
JOANNA.
5. JOHN b. 1690; m. Deborah --.
6. ELEAZAR m. Sarah Johnson.
7. JOSEPH b. 1696; m. Alice Edgerly.
8. THOMAS m. Bethiah (Edgerly ?). 2
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3. John Bickford (John) married Susanna, daughter of Wil- liam Furber of Newington. His estate at Long Point was settled in 1715. His wife, born 5 May 1664, made her will 8 Nov. 1731 which was approved 13 Nov. 1732. Children recorded in Dover:
BRIDGET b. 30 July 1685; m. Roger Couch of Kittery, (2) Roger Mitchell of Kittery, 17 Aug. 1720.
9. JETHRO b. 15 Nov. 1689; m. Hannah Downing.
JOHN b. 16 March 1691/2; d. s. p. before his father.
MARY b. 13 Aug. 1693; m. John Walker of Kittery, 24 Oct. 1717.
JOSEPH b. 13 July 1695; mariner, of Bristol, Eng., in 1740. ANNA b. 18 Sept. 1698; m. Samuel Walker, 4 Oct. 1724.
PIERCE or PERCEY b. 9 March 1701/2; m. Hannah Miller, 23 Feb. 1725. He d. bef. 25 Sept. 1745, leaving widow, Martha, who was probably dau. of Richard Chick of Kittery.
LEMUEL b. 6 March 1703/4; m. Temperance, dau. of John Downing, shipwright and mariner. L. on the homestead at Fox Point, which he sold in 1751 to Thomas Pickering. He was a grantee of Barnstead. Had son, John, and prob- ably dau. Susanna, who m. Robert Mason, 13 May 1753. ELIAKIM twin to Lemuel; m. Mary -; d. in Kenne- bunkport, Me., 22 March 1748.
DODAVAH b. 20 Aug. 1709; m. Winnefred, dau. of Richard Chick, Pub. 13 Oct. 1730. Had a son, Percey, bapt. in Newington II Jan. 1732.
4. Benjamin Bickford (John), born 20 Oct. 1672, had wife, Sarah, said to have been Sarah Bassum. Was she not Sarah Barsham, dau. of John and Mehitabel, born 167 -? She married (2) about 1700 Jotham Odiorne. Benjamin Bickford had a daughter Temperance who, 18 April 1718, was wife of John Underwood. (His estate adminstered in 1727 and in 1743-62 she was Temperance Walton.) The Underwood children in 1743 were John, Benjamin and Mary, all of Portsmouth. Mary was Mary Hardison in 1747.
THIRD GENERATION
5. John Bickford (Thomas2, John1) was born in 1690, as a deposition shows. He was of Durham, 2 Sept. 1768, aged 78. He had wife Deborah - - who was baptized by the Rev. Hugh Adams 18 Oct. 1724. John deeded the homestead at Durham Point to son, Winthrop, 8 June 1771.
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JOHN bapt. 18 Oct. 1724; m. Joanna Stevenson, I Jan. 1754.
She was a widow 3 July 1757, when her son, John, was bapt.
TEMPERANCE bapt. 18 Oct. 1724; m. Jonathan Hanson.
JOANNA bapt. 18 Sept. 1724.
DEBORAH bapt. 18 Sept. 1724; m. 27 Nov. 1742, John Little- field of Wells (?).
ELIAKIM b. 1730; d. 20 Feb. 1811 in Durham.
IO. WINTHROP b. 1731; m. Love Cromwell, 30 Nov. 1756.
6. Eleazar Bickford (Thomas2, John1) married, 28 Dec. 1721, Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Johnson of Greenland, N. H. He was baptized 30 Dec. 1722 at Oyster River and both were ad- mitted to church, 4 Aug. 1728. Sarah was his widow 2 July 175I.
BRIDGET bapt. at Greenland 1723.
EBENEZER bapt. 30 May 1725 at O. R .; m. Elizabeth Crit- chet, 6 Dec. 1750. Ch. bapt. in Durham, Sarah 23 July 1753, Eleazar, 25 July 1755, and Mary II June 1758. ELEAZAR bapt. 10 March 1727/8 at O. R.
SARAH bapt. 29 March 1729/30 at O. R .; m. Abner Bickford at Newington, 3 Nov. 1754 (?).
MARGARET bapt. 1740 at Greenland; m. 17 April 1755, Ben- jamin Davis of Greenland (?).
7. Joseph Bickford (Thomas2, John1), born 1696, married Alice, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rawlins) Edgerly. He was baptized at Oyster River 19 Aug. 1722, and was living in Durham in 1767.
JOSEPH bapt. 26 May 1723; m. Phebe, dau. of Joseph Varney. His will, 1806-10, names wife Phebe, sons John, Henry, Moses and Joel and daus. Lydia Varney and Betsey Bickford.
BENJAMIN bapt. 29 Sept. 1725; m. 15 Nov. 1750, Mary Bennett. Had sons, Moses and Abraham, bapt. 5 Nov. 1758 and Hannah bapt. 19 Nov. 1752. The will of Moses Bickford of New Durham, 1780, names brothers Abraham of New Durham and Andrew.
REUBEN bapt. 7 July 1728; m. Elizabeth Kent 29 Nov. 1753. He d. before 1777. Had sons, Joseph and Ben- jamin, bapt. 5 Nov. 1758.
Daughter m. Shepherd.
8. Thomas Bickford (Thomas2, John1) is not named in the will of his father. Perhaps he was born after the will was made. Sept. I, 1733, John Bickford of Durham sold to his brother, Thomas Bickford, shipwright, ten acres near Colley's Marsh,
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granted to his honored father, Thomas Bickford, in 1654. This creates difficulty, and the record is probably erroneous. There is no record of any grant to Thomas Bickford in 1654. The Dover records have the following, "Whereas it doth appear yt Thomas Bickford had by ye Committee chosen for granting lands given & granted unto ye sd Thomas Bickford forty acres of land at ye west end of Long Marsh, and a grant of forty acres near his whome Lott in ye Plum Swamp," and a grant of ten acres of land "granted ye 10th of ye 2d mo 54 to Jnº Bickford," etc. Here it appears that the grant in 1654 was to John Bickford and afterward was owned by Thomas Bickford his son.
Thomas Bickford's will, 8 April 1786-22 Aug. 1787, gives property to wife, Bethiah, and after her death to kinsman, John Footman, Jr., son of Francis, deceased. John Footman married Olive Bickford, 26 June 1750.
9. Jethro Bickford (John2, John1), born in Newington 15 Nov. 1689, married Hannah, daughter of John Downing, and lived on a part of the homestead at Long Point. He was a grantee of Barnstead. The following children were baptized at Newington:
JOHN 4 Dec. 1715.
SUSANNA 28 April 1717.
BRIDGET 24 May 1719.
RICHARD 28 Feb. 1721; m. Sarah -. Was of Rochester in 1761.
DEPENDENCE 14 April 1723; m. Olive
ELIZABETH 23 May 1728; m. Samuel Ham II April 1755 (?). LEMUEL 12 March 1727; m. Miriam , perhaps (2) 27 Dec. 1786, Susanna Coffin, in Rochester. She had widow's dower set off 12 July 1794. Div. of Est. of Lem- uel Bickford of Rochester, 23 April 1800, among Depend- ence Bickford, Molly Bickford, Samuel Ham and wife, Betty, in her right, Widow Temperance Plumer, Joseph Plumer and wife, Hannah.
JETHRO 22 Sept. 1728.
ALICE 10 March 1734; m. Stephen Jones Thomas 3 July 1782 (?).
HANNAH (?) m. Nicholas Pickering 7 March 1758 (?).
FOURTH GENERATION
10. Winthrop Bickford (John3, Thomas2, John1), born 1731, married, 30 Nov. 1756, Love Cromwell, perhaps daughter of Samuel and Betty (Pinkham) Cromwell. He married (2), 16
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May 1780, Esther Langley, widow of Thomas Langley. He lived at Durham Point and died I March 18II, aged 80. The following were his children, all except Winthrop, Jr., named in his will, 6 Nov. 1810:
SAMUEL who d. 28 May 1811. James, son of Samuel Bick- ford was b. in Durham 22 Oct. 1786. A James Bickford d. in Durham, 19 July 1808.
WINTHROP, JR. taxed 1786; m. Lettice Durgin, 1805 (?) m. Bethiah Rogers, 27 Jan. 1791 (?).
II. ROBERT b. 21 Oct. 1780; m. Hannah M. Dame.
JOHN m. a niece of Stephen White of Salem and l. at Pascataqua Bridge. He was a ship-master. Had dau. Mary who m. - Knapp of Salem, Mass., and (2) a lawyer of Boston. Capt. John Bickford d. in S. America but was buried near Pascataqua Bridge. He had sons, John and Joseph, both of whom followed the sea, and daus., Mary and Elizabeth.
THOMAS, also a ship-master in the employ of Stephen White. HANNAH m. Richard Dame, 2 Dec. 1798.
OLIVE, unm. in 1810.
ESTHER b. 17 May 1766; m. Andrew Drew, his second wife; d. 12 Feb. 1844.
FIFTH GENERATION
II. Robert Bickford (Winthrop4, John3, Thomas2, John1), born 21 Oct. 1780, married, 21 April 1799, Hannah M. Dame. She was born 12 April 1781 and died 19 Oct. 1863. He died 24 Sept. 1837. Lived at Durham Point.
LOVEY b. 13 Feb. 1800; m. 1822, Richard Kent, his second wife.
WILLIAM b. 19 May 1803; d. 13 Nov. 1846.
LIZZIE b. 1803; d. 1807.
ROBERT b. 3 March 1805; m. 15 Dec. 1831, Elizabeth d. II April 1876.
JACOB b. 24 July 1807; d. 19 April 1864.
JAMES b. 9 March 1810; m. 25 Oct. 1830 ; 1. in Quincy, Mass.
LUCIA b. 14 Sept. 1812; m. II Feb. 1841, Asa Dame.
KATIE b. 3 Aug. 1815; m. July 1842, James Short; d. II Jan. 1857.
DUDLEY PRESCOTT m. Elizabeth Page of Quincy, Mass .; ch., Dudley Page, Edward S., and Jerusha, who m. George Langley.
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BICKFORD
Thomas Bickford, born 1640, deposed in 1676, aged 36. He married Joanna, daughter of John Libby of Scarborough, Me., where Thomas Bickford had a grant of land before 1681 and signed a petition in 1680. The Indian wars probably drove his family to Dover, and this suggests a relationship between him and John Bickford of Oyster River Point, and the names of their children strengthen the suggestion. Jan. 12, 1727, John Bick- ford of Dover and wife, Elizabeth, sold to Zebulon Trickey, Samuel Small, Jr., and Moses Hanscom "all that my six acres of land situate in the Township of Scarborough in the county of York which was the ancient possession of my father Thomas Bickford late of Scarborough aforesd deceased." The same deed names also grandfather, John Libby, and mother, Joanna Libby. [See York Deeds, XII, 166.]
It is certain, then, that Thomas Bickford had son, John, of Dover, and similarity of family names suggests that he may also have had a son, Benjamin. Some have supposed that John Bickford of Oyster River, Thomas Bickford of Scarborough, and an unknown Bickford who married a daughter of Richard Cator of Bloody Point, Newington, were brothers. I am obliged to leave this undecided. Thomas had at least a son :
2. JOHN m. Elizabeth Tibbetts, I Dec. 1692.
2. John Bickford (Thomas) married, I Dec. 1692, Elizabeth daughter of Jeremy Tibbetts of Dover, and lived at Dover Neck. The following children are recorded in Dover and also named in his will, 25 May 1744-27 April 1757. The will names a wife, Martha, who may have been the daughter of Charles Allen of Greenland, who names a daughter, Martha Bickford, in his will.
MARTHA b. 23 July 1692 [1693?]; m. - Hanson.
3. THOMAS b. 18 May 1694; m. Esther Adams.
4. JOHN b. 10 March 1698; m. Judith Tibbetts. HENRY b. I Jan. 1702/3; m. Elizabeth Both bapt.
at Dover, 4 Apr. 1740. Cordwainer. Had deed of 20 acres from his father in 1738. A Henry Bickford m. Abigail Tibbetts of Towaw, 9 Jan. 1756. A Henry Bick- ford signed a petition from Lebanon, Me., in 1757.
5. JOSEPH b. 8 March 1705/6; m. Elizabeth
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HISTORY OF DURHAM
THIRD GENERATION
3. Thomas Bickford (John2, Thomas1), born 18 May 1694, married, 10 March 1717, Esther, daughter of Charles and Tem- perance (Benmore) Adams. He was baptized at Oyster River, II Feb. 1721/2, and Esther was baptized 7 June 1719. He lived near Moharimet's hill in Madbury. His wife united with the church in Dover, 20 June 1742. His will, 26 Jan. 1765-27 Feb. 1765, names wife, Joanna, and the following children, here named in order of the will:
THOMAS of Epsom, with wife Mary, 1754-66, and of Pitts- field, 1790.
CHARLES. He and wife, Elizabeth, sold home in Madbury, 5 June 1766.
JOHN. He deeded farm in Epsom to son, John, in 1801. (?) The will of John Bickford of Barnstead, II March-10 June 1807, names wife, Lydia, sons, John and Charles, grandson, Daniel, son of John, daughters, Dorcas Huck- ins, Lydia Hawkins, Esther Durgin, Temperance Clarke, and Abigail Hodgdon.
6. SAMUEL m. Mercy
TEMPERANCE m. Young. She was bapt. at O. R. 7 June 1719.
ELIZABETH m. 21 April 1749, Ebenezer Young in Newington. REBECCA bapt. 20 Sept. 1739; m. Cook.
SARAH b. 12 Feb. 1736; m. abt. 1760, Samuel Blake of Ep- som; d. 27 June 1804. 10 ch.
JOSEPH bapt. 30 Dec. 1741 ; executor, had the homestead in Madbury. He m. Mary, dau. of Thomas and Joanna (Pinkham) Snell of North Lee.
4. John Bickford (John2, Thomas1), born 10 March 1698, married, about 1719, Judith Tibbetts, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth, born 3 Sept. 1702. She and probably son John were baptized at Oyster River 3 July 1720. The mother of Jonathan Bickford died in March 1782. The will of John Bickford, 10 Oct. 1757-29 Sept. 1762, names him then as of Dover with wife, Judith, and the following children:
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