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m. 31 July 1836, William Willey and Eliza Leathers.
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pub. 7 April 1804, Francis Footman and Martha Leathers. pub. Jan. 1811, Robert Leathers and Sarah Ham. Jonathan Leathers d. II Feb. 1823, aged 65. His widow d. 13 Aug. 1830.
Widow Hannah Leathers d. I April 1842, aged 84.
LEIGHTON
Thomas Leighton, born about 1604 as a deposition shows, died 22 Jan. 1671/2. He was among the first settlers at Dover Neck and signed the Dover Combination of 1640. Was one of the selectmen in 1647, 1648, and 1657. His will, 20 Sept. 1671, names present wife, Joanna (who married, 16 July 1673, Job Clements) and the following children. Joanna died 15 Jan. 1703/4.
2. THOMAS m. Elizabeth Nutter.
MARY m. Thomas Roberts, Jr.
ELIZABETH m. Philip Cromwell, Jr.
SARAH. unm. in 1671.
2. Thomas Leighton (Thomas) inherited the homestead bordering on Royall's Cove and Back River. He married Eliz- abeth, daughter of Hatevil Nutter, of Dover Neck. He seems to have died before 1677, leaving children:
3. THOMAS m. Susanna Chesley.
4. JOHN m. Sarah ELIZABETH m. Richard Pinkham bef. 1699.
3. Thomas Leighton (Thomas2, Thomas1) married Susanna, daughter of Thomas Chesley. Thomas Leighton and wife, Susanna, sold, 9 Sept. 1737, right in the estate of Thomas Chesley late of Dover, father of said Susanna. He was brought up by Lieut. Anthony Nutter. In 1699 he names in a deed to Richard Pinkham, his grandfather, Thomas Leighton and his only sister, Elizabeth, wife of Richard Pinkham. Children recorded in Dover:
JOHN b. 27 June 1718; m. Martha Allen, was of Barrington in 1749.
SARAH b. 10 Aug. 1721.
DOROTHY b. 18 Oct. 1723.
THOMAS b. 13 Nov. 1725.
GEORGE b. 18 Nov. 1727; m. 20 Jan. 1753, Dorothy Hall, dau. of Hatevil and Sarah (Furbish), b. 23 Aug. 1733, and s. in Falmouth, now Portland, Me. SAMUEL b. 20 Dec. 1729.
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GIDEON b. 14 Feb. 1731; d. 1776. L. in Strafford. He was in the French and Indian War, 1759, and in the Revolution. JOSEPH b. 23 April 1733; m. 6 Oct. 1757, Mercy Hall, dau. of Hatevil, b. 6 Oct. 1738, and s. in Falmouth, Me.
ELIZABETHI b. II March 1737.
THEODORE b. 22 March 1739.
SUSANNA b. 6 Dec. 1742.
4. John Leighton (Thomas2, Thomas1) married (1) Sarah -, (2) Elinor, perhaps widow of Nathaniel Meader, whom he names in his will, 24 Sept. 1712-1818, as mother-in-law (step- mother) to son, Thomas, and the following children:
5. THOMAS m. Deborah
6. JOHN m. Abigail Ham.
JAMES m. Hannah, dau. of John Buzzell. Ch. bapt. in Dover, Isaac, 18 March 1739, who m. Ann, dau. of Robert Evans and was of Barrington in 1766, James 18 March 1739, and Aaron 9 Aug. 1741.
LYDIA b. 19 Feb. 1703; m. Isaac Meachum. She was a widow in Salem, Mass., in 1738.
SARAH m. 16 Jan. 1717/8, James Clark; d. 1770.
FOURTH GENERATION
5. Thomas Leighton (John3, Thomas2, Thomas1) had wife, Deborah, and lived in Newington. Thomas Leighton of New- ington, 17 July 1735, sold land in Dover to his son, Hatevil Leighton of Dover. Thomas Leighton, Sr., of Newington, 22 June 1739, sold land in Barnstead to William Leighton, son of John, who was eldest son of said Thomas. Thomas Leighton of Newington sold to Thomas Leighton, Jr., land and buildings and a pew in the meeting house of Newington. Thomas, Jr., gave bond to support Thomas, Sr., and Deborah, during their lives. His estate was settled in 1744, Deborah surviving him. The following were probably their children:
JOHN m. and had at least son, William.
ELIZABETH m. 24 Jan. 1724, Richard Dam.
HATEVIL m. 7 Dec. 1732, Sarah Trickey.
. DEBORAH m. 9 Oct. 1736 Capt. Wm. Collins.
ABIGAIL m. 5 Dec. 1732, Nehemiah Furber. KEZIAH m. 20 Sept. 1739, Eleazer Coleman. THOMAS m. 28 Oct. 1742, Mary Smithson.
6. John Leighton (John3, Thomas?, Thomas1), born 1706, married, 7 Nov. 1728,, Abigail, daughter of Samuel Ham. He died in 1756. She was born 15 March 1710 and died before 30
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Nov. 1768. The following children are recorded in Dover, and six or more of them were baptized in Newington :
WILLIAM b. 20 Aug. 1729.
HATEVIL b. 13 May 1731.
7. TOBIAS b. 9 May 1736; m. Ann Tuttle.
PAUL b. 3 April 1739.
ABIGAIL b. 2 May 1740; m. 9 Dec. 1761, John Kelley.
JONATHAN b. 20 Jan. 1742; m. 3 Dec. 1777, Mary Bampton.
OLIVE b. 29 Oct. 1743.
MARY b. 19 Feb. 1746. She or Olive m. Samuel Kelley.
DEBORAH b. 23 Oct. 1747; m. 30 Nov. 1768, Ebenezer Tuttle.
8. JAMES b. 12 Oct. 1749; m. Sarah Thompson.
FIFTH GENERATION
7. Tobias Leighton (John4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), born 9 May 1736, married Ann Tuttle and lived in Madbury. He was a sergeant in the Revolution. Tobias Leighton, joiner, of Mad- bury, made his will 27 April 1812, probated I Aug. of the same year, in which he names children, William, Elizabeth Gowdy, Dorothy Spencer, Olive Bachelder, Ann Thompson, Sarah Leighton, Abigail Odiorne (she m. Benjamin Odiorne, 2 June 1782), Deborah Langley, and Hannah Nickerson.
8. James Leighton (John4, John3, Thomas2, Thomas1), born 12 Oct. 1749, married Sarah, daughter of Hon. Ebenezer and Mary (Torr) Thompson, born 16 Feb. 1759. He married (2) Jan. 1810, Mrs. Abigail (Mathes) Mooney, widow of Jeremiah. He died 22 Feb. 1824, aged 75. His first wife died 17 Jan. 1807, aged 48. For his record in the Revolution see page 147 of Vol. I.
ELIZABETH b. 19 April 1778; m. 6 Aug. 1797, Daniel Rey- nolds; d. 12 Sept. 1851.
MARY b. I Oct. 1780; m. 15 May 1803, Edward S. Moulton - of Rochester.
SARAH b. I Dec. 1782; m. 8 Oct. 1801, James Woods.
ABIGAIL b. 10 Feb. 1787; m. 1808, Ephraim Hanson.
JOHN b. 16 Oct. 1789, d. in Russia. Unm.
ANNE b. 6 July 1792; m. Benjamin Kelley; d. 6 May 1862. MARTHA b. 2 Oct. 1793; m. 9 March 1820, Dr. Josiah Lan-
caster; d. 12 June 1879. Their son, Edward M. Lan- caster, b. in Hill, N. H., 29 March 1832, m. 28 July 1864, Anna Winslow Stackpole and was for many years master of the Gilbert Stuart School, Roxbury, Mass.
EBENEZER b. I Jan. 1797; d. unm.
SUSANNA b. 23 Nov. 1810; m. Charles L. Mathes, 10 Nov. 1836. She d. at San Diego, Cal.
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MARSH
Henry Marsh, aged 44 according to a deposition made in 1704, married Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Jackson. He had a grant of land in 1694 and signed a petition in 1695. He died about 1715. Elizabeth Marsh was admitted to Church 28 July 1723. Children were:
JOHN who had wife, Elizabeth, bef. 1715, when he was of Exeter.
HEZEKIAH m. 12 May 1729, Abigail, dau. of Benjamin York. DINAH unm. in 1737.
SARAH m. Thomas Leathers.
ELIZABETH m. Thomas Leathers, 19 Nov. 1724/5.
Henry Marsh had a grant of forty acres, 23 March 1701/2, "above Coffin's. mill, over against Moses Davis his land." This grant was on the north side of Oyster River, and remains of a dam are traceable here, on the farm owned by Frank Bunker a few years ago. Henry Marsh seems to have lived in 1704 at Lubber- land, and whether he ever lived on this grant "above Coffin's mill," is uncertain.
MASON
Peter Mason had a grant of land next to Abraham Clark, in 1694. He and wife, Mary, sold land to John Gerrish, 19 Dec. 1692. Widow Mary Mason was admitted to the church at Oyster River 7 July 1728. Deeds show that they had a son, Benjamin, who had wife, Elizabeth, and the following children recorded in Dover, viz., Elizabeth b. 15 May 1716, Benjamin b. 27 March 1718, and Peter b. 22 Sept. 1725.
Peter Mason, probably son of Peter, aged 15 on 14 Oct. 1702, married Sarah, daughter of Ensign John and Elizabeth (Burn- ham) Davis. He and wife, Sarah, I July 1728, sold to Joseph Smith land granted to Robert Burnum, "our grandfather." March 5, 1720/1 Peter Mason and daughters, Hannah, Sarah, and Mary, were baptized by the Rev. Hugh Adams, together with Isaac Mason, called little brother of Peter. Sarah Mason was a widow 6 April 1747. She conveyed land to her daughter, Mary Drisco, 5 Feb. 1771. The daughter, Hannah, married William Randall 2 Feb. 1724/5.
Isaac Mason had wife, Elizabeth, who was admitted to church
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in Dover 8 Oct. 1769, and a son, Benjamin, was baptized in Dover 15 Oct. 1769.
Joseph Mason had the following children baptized at Oyster River:
JOHN bapt. 28 March 1725; m. Mary, dau. of John Doe. She was a widow in 1746, David and Jonathan, twin sons of John Mason, were bapt. 30 July 1749 and John, another son, was bapt. I Feb. 1761.
ROBERT bapt. 24 April 1726; m. in Newington, 13 May 1753, Susanna Bickford. He d. in 1760. His will, 1760, names wife, Susanna, and ch., Mary, Temperance, Lem- uel. [See page 149 of Vol. I.] His widow m. John Chapman. The dau., Mary, was bapt. 19 Feb. 1756 and the dau., Temperance, was bapt. 8 May 1752.
MATHEWS, MATHES
Francis Mathews married, 22 Nov. 1622, Thomasine Channon, at Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, birthplace of the poet Coleridge, and had children baptized there, Elizabeth 27 Dec. 1623 and Frances 20 Feb. 1625.
This is, doubtless, the Francis Mathews who came over with Capt. John Mason's colony in 1634 and helped to build the mills. at Great Works, now South Berwick, Me. He had a lease, I Oct, 1637, of 100 acres for a thousand years, "on the northwest side of the great island, commonly called Muskito Hall." This was at Newcastle, N. H. He signed the Exeter Combination in 1639, though doubtless living then near the mouth of Oyster River, where he bought land of William Beard, next to Darby Field, the same year. This land has remained ever since in the family of Mathes, as the surname is now written by many of his descendants. The location is one of the best and most attractive in Durham, commanding a wide view of the river, bay and sur- rounding lands. The rich soil accounts, to a large degree, for the prominence of the family. Francis Mathews died in 1648. His wife, Thomasine, died in 1690. His estate was settled finally by his son, Benjamin, in 1704. -
SAMUEL 1. at the Isles of Shoals in 1715. His will was exe- cuted by his son, Samuel, in Feb. 1728/9.
WALTER m. Mary Lived on Smuttynose Island.
Died in 1678. Ch., Samuel, Susanna b. 1652, who m. Rowland Young, Jr., of York, and Mary Senter.
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2. BENJAMIN m. Dorothy, widow of Oliver Kent.
MARTHA m. Snell, (2) - - Browne. CATHERINE m. Thomas Footman, (2) William Durgin. ELIZABETH m. (1) William Drew, (2) William Follett.
2. Capt. Benjamin Mathews (Francis) was made freeman 21 June 1669. He had wife, Dorothy, in 1683, who was probably widow of Oliver Kent and daughter of the Rev. Joseph Hull. [See Hull and Kent.] Francis Mathews was on a coroner's jury in 1657 and his estate was administered in 1710 by his only SON1.
3. FRANCIS m. Ruth Bennett.
3. Capt. Francis Mathes (Benjamin2, Francis1) married, 23 Feb. 1691/2, Ruth Bennett, probably daughter of Arthur and Mary (Goddard) Bennett. He was captain in the militia, select- man twenty years, representative to the General Court, assessor and town clerk at various times. He had large grants of land in Rochester and in Canterbury, being one of the leaders in the settlement of those towns. He died about 1755.
4. FRANCIS m. Lydia Drew.
5. BENJAMIN m. Abigail Hill.
6. ABRAHAM m. Phebe Davis.
FOURTH GENERATION
4. Francis Mathes (Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1) married in Newington, 28 Nov. 1720, Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Bunker) Drew of Dover, who was born 10th month, 1697. Their children were:
RUTH b. 12 Oct. 1721; m. Joseph Sias of Lee.
GERSHOM m. 22 June 1757, Elizabeth Whiston; s. in Loudon. BENJAMIN b. abt. 1724; m. in Newington, 20 June 1745, Anne Coleman, dau. of Ebenezer and Anna, b. 29 May 1726. [See History of Canterbury, N. H.]
7. GIDEON b. 8 Nov. 1728; m. Anna Randall.
5. Benjamin. Mathes (Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1) married, 17 Dec. 1716, Abigail, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel and Sarah (Nutter) Hill. He was baptized 12 Dec. 1724 and died the same day, aged 31. His father Francis conveyed, 20 Dec. 1748, home- stead to grandchildren, Valentine and Abraham.
BENJAMIN bapt. 20 Oct. 1717.
8. SAMUEL bapt. 27 Jan. 1722/3; m. Ruth Lord.
9. VALENTINE b. 1720; m. Hannah Burnham. ABRAHAM (?) 1. in 1748.
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6. Abraham Mathes (Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1) married, 1725, Phebe, daughter of Col. James and Elizabeth (Chesley) Davis, born 19 April 1706. His estate was administered in 1762.
ELIZABETH bapt. 5 April 1728; m. John Wedgwood of Newmarket.
JONATHAN bapt. 5 April 1728.
FRANCIS had wife, Elizabeth, in 1769.
FIFTH GENERATION
7. Gideon Mathes (Frances4, Francis3, Benjamin?, Francis1), born 8 Nov. 1728, married (1) 23 Jan. 1755, Anna, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Hodgdon) Randall of Lee, (2) Anna, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Stevens) Whitcher of Notting- ham. He died 3 Jan. 1815. His second wife was born 10 May 1748 and died II Nov. 1822. His first wife died 16 May 1763, aged 28 years 6 months. Children by first marriage:
TAMSON m. Isaac Meader.
ABIGAIL m. Ichabod Whidden of Canterbury.
FRANCIS m. Lydia -, and s. in Porter, Me.
Children by second marriage:
JOHN m. Tuttle.
SALLY m. Fox of Parsonfields, Me.
ANNA m. 7 Jan. 1789, Ebenezer Scales; 1. in Milton. LYDIA b. II Dec. 1779; m. Thomas Randall.
IO. GIDEON b. 10 Aug. 1768; m. Lois Scales.
8. Samuel Mathes (Benjamin4, Francis3, Benjaminª, Francis1) married Ruth Lord, as tradition says, and lived in Lee. His will, 25 May 1785-19 Dec. 1802, names wife, Ruth, and the following children:
BENJAMIN m. 1806, Comfort Smart.
COL. VALENTINE m. 21 Aug. 1788, Polly Crommett, dau. of Jacob and Abigail (Dam). L. in Northwood. In the Yeaton graveyard, at Epsom, are the inscriptions, Col. Valentine Mathes d. July 23, 1838, aged 69. Mary, his wife, d. March 27, 1840, aged 73. Their dau. Mary m. Levi T. Yeaton and they are buried here. She d. 24 Aug. 1844, aged 40. Levi T. Yeaton d. 30 Oct. 1846, aged 42. Val- entine Mathes son of Col. Valentine, m. in Northwood, 14 Feb. 1814, Sally Bartlett, and Sally Mathes m. 24 Dec. 1826, James Smith of Saco. Other ch. may have been Jacob, Samuel and John all of Northwood.
ROBERT m. (1) Sally Meserve, (2) Sally Jones; 1. in Milton. ABIGAIL, d. unm.
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RUTH m. 1808, Trueworthy Hill of Lee. HANNAH.
SAMUEL m. (1) Elizabeth Davis (?), (2) March 1815, Love Randall. Ch. by second marriage, Martha who m. John Burley and Hannah who m. Charles Norton.
ABRAHAM (?) m. Sally Laskey. Ch., Samuel J. b. 14 Sept. 1793, m. 6 Nov. 1820 Caroline Durrell and d. 22 Feb. 1837. He had dau., Elizabeth, who m. Israel Bartlett, and other ch. Abraham had also son, Joseph, and daus., Sally, who m. Nathaniel Bennett, Polly who m. Jacob Wiggin, Ruth who m. Joseph Stokes of Durham, and Ann.
9. Valentine Mathes (Benjamin4, Francis3, Benjamin2, Fran- ·cis1), born 1720, married Hannah, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Smith) Burnham. He died 2 Feb. 1814 in Durham. His wife died 5 Sept. 1812.
II. VALENTINE bapt. 1746, m. Dolly Rogers.
ABIGAIL bapt. 20 May 1750. ROBERT bapt. 22 June 1755.
HANNAH bapt. 7 July 1759.
SIXTH GENERATION
10. Gideon Mathes (Gideon5, Francis4, Francis,3 Benjamin2, Francis1), born in Lee 10 Aug. 1766, married, I April 1789, Lois, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Thompson) Scales, who was born 29 Dec. 1769 and died 2 March 1849. He died 6 Nov. 1839.
DAVID b. 28 June 1790; m. 28 July 1823, Betsey Reynolds; d. 27 April 1827. She d. in 1889. 3 ch., Elizabeth b. 4 Oct. 1824, m. Josiah Webber, Judith b. 21 Nov. 1828, m. Solomon Pendergast, Lydia Ann b. 19 Nov. 1830, m. George Edward Durgin.
JESSE b .---; m. 9 Oct. 1828, Adeline E. Osborne.
JOB R. b. 12 Dec. 1893; m. Harriet Norris.
Lois b. 26 July 1798; m. abt. 1821, Jacob Burley ; d. 21 April 1848.
JUDITH b. 27 March 1803; m. - - Osborne.
REUBEN b. 22 Sept. 1809; m. (1) II Dec. 1831, Lydia Ann Stevens, dau. of Joseph and Catherine (Gile), (2) Sally, dau. of Joseph Bartlett of Nottingham.
JOHN b. 20 Feb. 1810; m. abt. 1832, Emily Jane Cartland, b. 1813 at Bangor, Me. He d. at Lee, 8 June 1882.
II. Valentine Mathes (Valentine5, Benjamin4, Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1) married Dolly, daughter of Capt., Daniel Rogers of Durham. He died 4 April 1801, aged 55. She died 30 Sept. 1789.
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ABIGAIL b. 1772; m. 12 Jan. 1792, Capt. Jeremiah B. Mooney. CAPT. ROBERT b. 25 Jan. 1775; m. 30 Sept. 1802, Susanna Pinkham, d. 9 Jan. 1848.
12. DANIEL b. 27 Nov. 1777; m. Abigail Coe.
13. VALENTINE b. 20 Dec. 1779; m. Sarah Crommett.
14. BENJAMIN b. 2 March 1782; m. (1) Martha Lane, (2) Anna Lane.
15. ABRAHAM b. 27 Nov. 1785; m. Lovey Bickford.
JOHN b. 26 Sept. 1789; m. Sally, dau. of Abraham and Abi- gail (Buzzell) Batchelder, who was b. 16 June 1792. He was drowned in Oyster River 17 July 1816. His widow m. 21 Oct. 1826, James Smith. Ch., Hannah, Abigail, and Fanny who m. 30 June 1833, Valentine Mathes, Jr.
SEVENTH GENERATION
12. Dea. Daniel Mathes (Valentine6, Valentine5, Benjamin, Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1), born 27. Nov. 1777, married (1) 26 Jan. 1806, Abigail, daughter of Rev. Curtis and Anne (Thomp- son) Coe, who was born 29 Feb. 1784 and died II Jan. 1807; (2) 1808, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Asa and Sally (Boardman) Folsom of Lee, born 17 June 1782. He died 26 June 1856. His 1 widow died II Aug. 1870. One child by first marriage:
ABIGAIL b. 27 Nov. 1806.
Children by second marriage:
16. JEREMIAH MOONEY b. 5 June 1809; m. Ann E. Folsom. SALLY FOLSOM b. 7 July 1811; d. young.
MARY ANN b. 5 Feb. 1814; m. 24 Jan. 1836, John M. Hardy of Portsmouth.
THOMAS BOARDMAN b. 23 June 1816; m. 15 Jan. 1843, Rachel Thurlow of Portland, Me. He d. in Westboro, Mass., 26 July 1896. Ch., Asa, Nelson, Sarah, Dora, Albert, Mary Ellen, and Boardman. The last two d. young. SUSAN E. b. 31 May 1818; m. 23 May 1848, James A. Picker- ing of Newmarket.
SARAH FOLSOM b. 7 July 1819; m. Thomas Kennard of South Newmarket; d. 19 Dec. 1838.
NATHAN F. b. 15 Aug. 1821; m. 15 July 1845, Mary Frances, dau. of Nathaniel Folsom.
13. Valentine Mathes (Valentine6, Valentine5, Benjamin4, Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1), born 20 Dec. 1779, married, 27 June 1804, Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Abigail (Dam) Crom- mett, who was born 21 March 1781 and died 5 May 1859. He d. I July 1850. Children born in Durham:
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DOROTHY b. 14 Jan. 1806; m. 29 Jan. 1837, Nathaniel Cole- man of Newington.
VALENTINE b. 23 March 1807; m. 30 June 1833, Frances, dau. of John and Sally (Batchelder) Mathes, who d. 5 Aug. 1854, (2) II May 1867 Emeline S. Chesley. He d. I Aug. 1883. 8 ch.
17. JOIN b. 4 Nov. 1808; m. Pamelia Mathes.
ALFRED b. 16 June 1812; m. 16 April 1837, Sarah Woodman; d. 16 March 1866.
18. JACOB b. 18 Jan. 1815; m. Mehitable Willey.
CHARLES HENRY b. 4 Feb. 1817, m. (I) Abigail Cheswell
(2) Mary Elizabeth Chesley of Barrington. He d. 9. March 1886.
CLARKE b. 14 Jan. 1819; m. 22 Nov. 1840, Susan D. Drew. SALLY b. I March 1824; d. 28 Sept. 1825.
14. Benjamin Mathes (Valentine6, Valentine5, Benjamin4, Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1), born 2 March 1782, married (1) Martha Lane, who was born in Stratham, 28 Jan. 1787 and died 25 June 1814. He married (2) her sister, Anna Lane who was. born 27 Dec. 1784 and died 16 Dec. 1869. He died 9 July 1858 and was buried in the old Mathes cemetery at Durham Point.
CHARLES LANE b. 30 April 1809; m. 10 Nov. 1836, Susan M. Leighton; d. 7 April 1866. L. at one time in Bradley, Me. GEORGE PICKERING b. 8 March 1811; graduated at Dart- mouth in 1834; d. unm. 29 Feb. 1836.
ALBERT ROGERS b. 6 March 1813; m. 23 May 1837; d. s. p. 6; Nov. 1890.
Children by second marriage:
WILLIAM JAMES b. 4 May 1816; m. 2 Feb. 1843; d. s. p. 27 March 1875.
JOHN MOONEY b. 24 Sept. 1818; d. 17 May 1821.
JOSEPH WARREN b. 18 Nov. 1822; m. 14 Dec. 1845; 1. in Chicago. Had a son, George Pickering Mathes, of Milwaukee, Wis.
15. Abraham Mathes (Valentine6, Valentine5, Benjamin4, Francis3, Benjamin?, Francis1), born 27 Nov. 1785, married Love Bickford, who was born 6 Feb. 1785 and died 16 Feb. 1872. He died 7 Jan. 1852.
MARY W. b. 13 Feb. 1807; m. George P. Edney; d. 14 March 1883.
ROBERT b. 12 Feb. 1809; m. Mehitable Garland; d. in Minn. 5 March 1882. I ch.
WASHINGTON G. b. 18 Dec. 1810; m. (1) Lizzie Poore of Lawrence, Mass., (2) Helen Ricker of Weymouth, Mass. He d. in Minneapolis II Jan. 1884. 3 ch.
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DANIEL b. 24 Feb. 1813; m. Abigail Strout; d. I Aug. 1887. Widow 1. in Chelsea, Mass. I ch.
ANDREW b. 17 May 1815; d. II Jan. 1822. ELIZABETH b. 20 May 1817; m. 2 July 1838, John C. Kent,
(2) I Jan. 1845, Thomas C. Clark. She d. 17 Dec. 1902. JOHN M. b. 30 Aug. 1821; m. Eliza Kent; d. 9 Aug. 1868. BRACKETT F. b. 5 Jan. 1824, d. 3 May 1831.
MARTHA ANN b. 28 Jan. 1826; m. John Drew; d. 12 Jan. 1904.
EIGHTH GENERATION
16. Jeremiah Mooney Mathes (Daniel7, Valentine6, Valen- tine5, Benjamin4, Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1), born 5 June 1809, married Ann Elizabeth Folsom, daughter of Nathaniel.
EDWIN NATHANIEL b. in Portsmouth 4 Sept. 1834. Dart- mouth, 1854. Died insane at Concord, 23 Sept. 1863. CAPT. GEORGE b. 5 Nov. 1831 ; d. 5 June 1868.
HENRY b. 4 Sept. 1839.
MARY ELIZABETH b. I June 1842; d. 10 Sept. 1849.
JEREMIAH b. 16 Nov. 1846; d. 28 Aug. 1849.
ANNIE FOLSOM b. I Dec. 1850.
FRANK WALTER b. 18 March 1853; d. 30 March 1880.
SUSAN ELLEN b. 10 Jan. 1855; teacher of drawing in Boston.
17. John Mathes (Valentine7, Valentine6, Valentine5, Ben- jamin4, Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1), born 4 Nov. 1808, married 24 Nov. 1832, Pamelia, daughter of Benjamin and Comfort (Smart) Mathes. The town records date the marriage 4 Dec. 1834. He died 3 Dec. 1888, having lived on the old Bickford farm at Durham Point, where he erected the brick house. His wife was born 18 July 1814 and died 7 April 1883.
BURNHAM b. 20 Aug. 1836; m. 26 April 1862, Elizabeth A. Stevens; d. in Haverhill, Mass., 4 Feb. 1895. Ch., Carrie Chase of Plaistow, Georgie, a bookkeeper in Boston, Burnham who is a shoemaker in Lynn, Mass.
SARAH ANN b. 23 April 1838; m. Jonathan G. Carr of New London. 5 ch., George Albert deceased, Edwin M. of Dover, Mary E. and Rose B. who live in Boston, and Alva L., who is a machinist at Newport, R. I.
JOHN HARRISON b. 5 March 1840; m. (I) Elizabeth N. Young of Dover, (2) Widow Clark of Portsmouth. By first marriage there were three daughters, Cora and Minnie who d. young, and Nellie who m. 1891, William H. Horne and has a son, Reginald Edison Horne, a student in Harvard. Mrs. Horne has an artist's studio in Wash- ington, D. C.
19. HAMILTON AUGUSTUS b. 16 July 1842; m. Belle S. Hoitt.
SOME ANCESTORS OF VALENTINE AND MARY E. (PENDEXTER) MATHES
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN b. 9 April 1844; m. Josephine M. Hodgdon of Newmarket. Four sons, Walter, who is superintendent of the Neptune Meter Company, Long Island, N. Y., Harry and George in California, and Benjamin, who is a traveling salesman and lives in North Carolina.
20. VALENTINE b. 13 Feb. 1846; m. Mary E. Pendexter.
GEORGE KITTREDGE b. 25 Sept. 1848; d. unm. at Groesbeck, Texas, 7 March 1898.
DOROTHY COLEMAN b. 14 March 1852; 1. in Dover.
CHARLES ALVIN b. 8 Nov. 1854.
The group of portraits here shown has in the upper part, at the left, John Mathes and his wife Pamelia, parents of Valentine Mathes. At the right are James Monroe Pendexter and his wife, who was Mary Ann Meserve, parents of Mrs. Valentine Mathes. In the lower part, at the left, is Mrs. Sally (Crommett) Mathes, grandmother of Valentine Mathes. Next is Mrs. Mary (Joy) Pendexter, grandmother of Mrs. Valentine Mathes. Next is Paul Meserve, father of Mary Ann Meserve, and his wife, who was Nancy Torr, comes last. The reader is referred to the genealogical notes under these surnames.
18. Jacob Mathes (Valentine7, Valentine6, Valentine5, Ben- jamin4, Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1), born 18 Jan. 1815, married Mehitable, daughter of Mark and Dorothy (Cilley) Willey of Durham, who was born 12 Feb. 1817 and died II May 1884. He died 8 Aug. 1872. He served the town as collector, selectman and representative. By vote of the town he was employed to quarry and cut a stone marked "Durham, N. H., 1850," to be used in the building of the Washington monument, at Washing- ton, D. C. The stone was quarried from the farm that has been in the possession of the Mathes family since 1640.
SARAH ELIZABETH b. in Quincy, Mass., 1838; m. William R. Coffin and 1. in Lynn, Mass.
MARK HENRY b. 2 Oct. 1840; d. 8 June 1911. [See page 312 of Vol. I.] He m. (1) Emma F. Clark, dau. of George P. and Mary W. (Mathes) Edney, adopted by her aunt Mrs. Elizabeth Mathes Clark. She d. 8 Feb. 1877, aged 22. He m. (2) 28 Aug. 1878, Zilla A. Stevens. One son by first marriage, Jacob b. 27 June 1876, who was drowned 27 July 1890. Two sons by second marriage, Charles Eliot Paige b. 2 Sept. 1879, who graduated at New Hampshire College in 1900, and Albert Henry b. 2 March 1886, who graduated from Dover High School in 1904 and m. 3 Aug. 1912, Etta M. Ross in Schenectady, N. Y.
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HISTORY OF DURHAM
CAROLINE AUGUSTA b. in Durham 25 Aug. 1850; m. 23 Nov. 1870, Ambrose G. Hill and 1. in Lynn, Mass. They have a son and a daughter.
HANNAH ABBIE b. 28 Aug. 1852; m. George Shrives; 1. in Lynn. 3 dau.
MARY EMMA ETTA b. 13 May 1855; d. unm. 3 Oct. 1893.
NINTH GENERATION
19. Hamilton Augustus Mathes (John8, Valentine7, Valentine6 Valentine5, Benjamin4, Francis3, Benjamin2, Francis1), born 16
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