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I2. Clement Meserve (Clement3, Daniel2, Clement1), born 1748, married Lydia Tuttle.
HON. SILAS b. 1770; m. Betsey Meserve.
EPHRAIM b. 1773; m. Sarah Gray.
ISAAC m. Betsey Pinkham. Ch., Warren and Sally. The latter m. Daniel Elkins.
SUSANNA b. 1772, d. s. p.
13. Stephen Meserve (Clement3, Daniel2, Clement1), born 1750, married Abigail Yeaton. The will of his mother, Abigail Meserve, 26 Oct .- 6 Nov. 1801, names the following children of Stephen Meserve, viz., John, Stephen, Hopley, Comfort, Abigail and Betty. Samuel Plumer was appointed guardian of Betsy, Stephen, John, Hopley, Samuel, minors, 13 May 1795, and of Polly and Abigail, minors, upward of 14 years of age, 14 Nov. 1795, children of Stephen Meserve late of Rochester.
Hopley Meserve, son of Stephen, was born in 1789 and married Joanna Twombly. Ch., Stephen b. 1811, m. Mary J. Stackpole, Hopley b. 1813, m. Almira Lydston, Charles b. 1815, m. Betsey M. Roberts, Henry H. m. Mary J. - , John S. m. (1) Ruth M. Bucks, (2) Pamelia T. Boynton, Louisa F. m. (I) David M. Hayes, (2) Stephen M. Mathes.
FIFTH GENERATION
14. Samuel Meserve (Daniel4, Daniel3, Daniel?, Clement1), born 1777, married 30 Dec. 1804, Sarah, daughter of John and Deborah (Durrell) Pendergast.
SAMUEL b. 1805; m. (1) Abigail Hill and had 2 ch., who d. young, (2) Lavinia O. Osgood. An adopted dau., m. Hon. Warren Brown of Hampton Falls.
HARRY b. 1806; d. young. DANIEL b. 1808; m. Marcia Hanson, s. p.
JOHN P. b. 1810, m. Rebecca Eaton. Ch., John P. and Sarah who m. M. Gear.
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EBENEZER D. b. 1812, m. Lucretia Rogers. Ch., Eben b. 1833 who m. Martha J. Shepherd and had son George Albert; Lucretia M. b. 1849, who, m. William Dixon, several who d. young.
NICHOLAS D. b. 1814; m. Eliza Pendergast, s; p.
GEORGE W. b. 1816; m. 6 March 1840, Clymena, dau. of Paul and Polly (Demeritt) Chesley. Ch., Plycentia who m. Moses Chadbourne, and Finetta who m. Wm. Brown. JAMES D. b. 1820; m. Caroline Miles.
CHARLES R. m. 8 Jan. 1846, Sophronia Tucker, (2) Amy E. Brown. Ch., George, Caroline who m. Richard H. Tuttle, Judith who m. 28 March 1875, David B. Hayes. MARY JANE b. 1818; m. Philip Chesley.
SARAH ANN d. young.
15. Ebenezer Meserve (Col. Ebenezer4, Clement3, Daniel2, Clement1), born 1769, married, 24 Sept. 1797, Joanna, daughter of Major Daniel and Mary (Gilmore) Smith, (2) Mary (Clark) Hooper. He died in 1843.
DANIEL d. young.
DEBORAH b. 1800; m. Smith Chapman of Newmarket.
EUNICE b. 1802; d. unm.
16. DANIEL Smith b. 1805; m. Abigail Emerson.
JOHN S. b. 1807; m. 22 Sept. 1831, Ann Hill, (2) Mehitable (Torr) Forbes, (3) Mary Jane Anthoine. Dau. by last marriage, Elizabeth, m. Wilber Porter.
ELIZA b. 1808; d. young.
ALFRED b. 1812; d. young.
COL. HENRY m. Elizabeth Abbie Tuttle; 1. in Dover. Ch., Alfred H. b. 1856, d. young; Joanna M. b. 1848, d. abt. 1860; Augusta H. b. 1850, d. 1868.
POLLY m. James Colman. Ch., Polly G., m. 30 Sept. 1840, Wm. H. Robinson of Exeter and had 4 ch.
LAVINIA b. 1810; d. young.
CAROLINE d. 9 Dec. 1836, aged 17.
SIXTH GENERATION
16. Daniel Smith Meserve (Ebenezer5, Ebenezer4, Clement3, Daniel2, Clement1), born 1805, married, 9 April 1837, Abigail, daughter of Andrew and Betsey (Demeritt) Emerson, who was born 27 April 1813. He died 23 Aug. 1841, aged 36. Had one son : 17. WINTHROP SMITH b. 7 Feb. 1838, m. Eliza Ann Tuttle.
SEVENTH GENERATION
17. Dea. Winthrop Smith Meserve [See page 316 of Vol. I. and frontispiece of this volume.] born 7 Feb. 1838, married, 30
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Nov. 1861, Eliza Ann Tuttle, daughter of Thomas and Hope (Twombly) Tuttle, who was born 21 Oct. 1839 and died 18 July 1871. Two ch:
CAROLINE ELIZA b. 31 May 1863 ; d. 27 Oct. 1863.
ANDREW EMERSON b. 9 Nov. 1864; m. 12 Dec. 1894, Nettie Gertrude Foye, who was born II Aug. 1869 and died 26 March 1912. He died in Durham 16 Nov. 1911, highly esteemed among his townsmen. Ch., Winthrop Emerson b. 23 May 1896, Anna Howard b. 21 July 1898, Howard Haley b. 15 March 1900, Abigail b. 21 April 1901, Eliza- beth b. 30 Nov. 1902, and daughter b. 4 June 1905, who d. 19 Aug. 1905.
MONROE
Peter Mundro, as the name sometimes occurs, was living at Oyster River in 1714 and then bought land of Moses Davis, on the south side of the river. This was on the Mill Road. His will, 18 May 1738-31 May 1747, names wife, Mary, and children, John, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth and Abigail. John was probably the Monroe who married the widow of Samuel Joy and had children. [See Joy.] Elizabeth Munroe married James Young in Rochester 27 Aug. 1747. Hannah Munroe, perhaps daughter of John, died in Durham, 8 Feb. 1851, aged 89-8-2. She was born 6 May 1761. Mary Monroe was born 4 Jan. 1759 and died, 4 Aug. 1812, unmarried. John Monroe was taxed in 1783-97.
MOONEY
Col. Hercules Mooney came from Ireland in 1733. [See biographical sketch.] He married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Field) Evans of Dover, (2) Mary, widow of Lieut. Joseph Jones of Durham. Children were:
2. LIEUT. BENJAMIN b. 6 Jan. 1740; m. Hannah Burnham. JONATHAN b. 1744; m. 5 Aug. 1770, Patience Gould; d. in Eaton.
OBADIAH m. Joanna Moore. Rem. to Canterbury.
ELIZABETH bapt. 5 Feb. 1750 in Dover.
HANNAH b. 4 Feb. 1752; m. 15 June 1769 Ezekiel Hayes. JOHN b. abt. 1754; 1. in Meredith; d. 8 Oct. 1826. Was Judge of Probate for Strafford County, 1805-24.
SOLOMON (?) enlisted in 1759.
SUSANNA (?) m. James Smith.
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2. Lieut. Benjamin Mooney (Hercules), born 6 Jan. 1740, married Hannah, daughter of Jeremiah Burnham, born 28 Jan. 1745. He died in 1798, in Gilford. She died after 1807. He was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary army.
JOSEPH b. 18 Dec. 1764; m. 15 Jan. 1789, Betsey Hayes; d. 25 Jan. 1836 in Alton.
CAPT. JEREMIAH BURNHAM b. 23 April 1767; m. 12 Jan. 1792, Abigail Mathes; d. 17 March 1807. Selectman of Durham in 1801. His wife d. 11 May 1827, aged 56. Ch., John, Dorothy, who d. 3 July 1855, aged 62, and Hannah who m. David L. Dearborn of Amesbury, Mass. MOLLY b. 6 April 1770; d. 21 April 1779.
STEPHEN b. 5 Feb. 1773; m. Lydia Horne; 1. in Canada.
JOHN b. 3 June 1778, m. Catherine Roberts of Gilford; d. in Gilford 12 Nov. 1863. She was b. 20 March 1782 and d. II April 1854.
John Mooney, only son of Capt. Jeremiah Mooney, was born in Durham 18 Sept. 1797. He died, unmarried, 25 July 1872. He was twice selectman of Durham and three times he represented the town in the legislature. The four acres of land that he owned in Durham village now belong to the College. His house stood about where now is the residence of the President of the College. His mother married (2) James Leighton.
MOORE
John Moore, born 9 April 1696, was son of Samuel and Mary Moore of Portsmouth. His mother married (2) 1716, Richard Eliot, Esq., of Portsmouth, perhaps his third wife, since he married Mary, widow of Thomas Drew after 1694. John Moor was received into the church in Portsmouth, 19 April 1717. He married, 15 March 1719/20, Hannah, daughter of John and Ann (Pitman) Sias. He bought of William Pitman and wife, Joanna, land near Wednesday brook. His house was on the east side of the Wednesday brook road, about four rods south of where the brook crosses the road, and about on the dividing line between Lee and Durham. John Moor was a trained soldier in Durham in 1732 and received six and a quarter acres in the division of common land, in 1733. In 1733 he sold to Samuel Smith his homestead, adjoining to land of John Laskey, and bought land in Canterbury. He was a shipwright as well as farmer. He
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died 10 April 1786, and his wife died two months earlier. [See History of Canterbury.]
WILLIAM b. 19 May 1720; m. Margaret Forrest.
COL. ARCHILAUS b. 6 April 1722; m. Hannah Elkins.
ELIZABETH b. II June 1724.
SAMUEL b. 13 Sept. 1726; m. Joanna Susanna Webster. . SARAH b. I June 1729.
, (2) Widow
NATHANIEL b. 16 May 1733; m. Eliza Merrill.
HANNAH b. 6 May 1737; m. Capt. Henry Elkins of Hampton.
MORRISON
Abraham Morrison married Naomi Cilley, daughter of Sewall Cilley, and lived in Madbury. His children were Lucinda, Jennie, Joseph, Ellen M., Fannie, Charles, who died young, Emma, Ida, and Frank P.
Frank P. Morrison was born 14 June 1863 and married, 24 Dec. 1885, Laura E. Lang, born II Feb. 1864, daughter of Benjamin F. Lang of Lee, who married Hannah E. Harvey of Nottingham. Mr. Morrison has lived in Durham about twenty- five years in livery business and general trucking. He has been mail carrier and road agent. Has one son, Charles E., born in Madbury 10 Oct. 1887.
MOSES
Timothy Moses was of Dover in 1700, with wife, Mary, who was daughter of Walter Jackson. He married (2) Grace, daugh- ter of William Roberts and widow of Philip Duley. He died between 1731 and 1739. Children by first marriage were:
MARTHA b. 5 May 1700; m. Richard Grover. TIMOTHY b. 2 Sept. 1707.
Timothy Moses (Timothy) was living in Madbury in 1777. He is called yeoman in a deed, 15 Dec. 1766, when he conveyed to Timothy Moses, Jr., of Madbury, cordwainer, a two-acre lot, which Timothy Moses of Lee, sadler, deeded, II July 1789. Timothy, Jr., had children baptized at Dover:
TIMOTHY 4 June 1743. MARY 22 May 1746. KEZIAH 22 Nov. 1748. MARY 20 March 1754.
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Timothy Moses (Timothy2, Timothy1) lived in Lee, just east of the bridge at Wadleigh's Falls. He died 15 Jan. 1826. He married Mary, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Chesley) Glidden, who died I July 1821. He married (2) II Oct. 1824 Betsey Moses of Durham, who survived him and married (2) I Jan. 1827, Nathaniel Norton of Newmarket. Timothy Moses died 15 Jan., 1826. His monument, set many years after his death, says he was born 1747, in Connecticut.
BETSEY d. 29 Sept. 1844. Unm.
JONATHAN m. 24 Oct. 1811, Harriet Greenleaf of Epping. He took the surname Moseley. He d. 23 July 1823, aged 40. His wife d. 28 Jan. 1854, aged 68. A daughter, Ann Morton Moseley, married Mr. Towle, lawyer, of Portsmouth.
Aaron Moses and Elizabeth Daniels, both of Durham, were married by the Rev. John Adams, 30 Jan. 1763. He was prob- ably of the Moses family of Portsmouth. His name is not found in tax lists of Durham.
MUNSEY
(Contributed largely by Mr. William L. Palmer of Cambridge, Mass.)
William Munsey was living in Kittery, Me., in 1686. He was a cooper by trade. Some have supposed him to be the same as the William Munsey of Brookhaven, Long Island, 1678, and brother of Francis Munsey of Ipswich and Brookhaven, who married Hannah Adams in Ipswich, 6 Dec. 1659. William Mun- sey married Margaret, thought to have been daughter of Job Clement (Robert2, John1) and Margaret Dummer (Thomas1), though this is not proved. He removed to Dover and was drowned in the Pascataqua River, 10 June 1698. He was pre- sented at court in York County, about 1692, for not going to meeting, and he had a grant of land in Dover, 29 July 1695. The following must have been his children, though there is no documentary evidence :
WILLIAM b. 1676; m. 10 Jan. 1708/9, Rosamond Jacklin.
MARGARET b. abt. 1680; d. 29 Jan. 1698/9.
2. JOHN b. 1685; m. Margaret Derry.
2. John Munsey (William) was enrolled as a soldier in the Indian War under Col. Hilton, 3 July 1710. He signed a petition,
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with his mark, in Oyster River in 1716 and received sixteen and two thirds acres in the division of common lands in 1733/4, part of which he conveyed to Solomon Emerson of Dover, 25 April 1757. He married Margaret, probably daughter of James Derry. She was baptized 26 Nov. 1727. Did he marry (2) Ann Perkins, I Sept. 1749? He lived near the border line of Durham and Lee, and the bridge near his place across Oyster River is still known as Munsey's Bridge. Three children were baptized by the Rev. Hugh Adams, 7 Jan. 1727/8:
JONATHAN, constable in 1745, landowner in Lee in 1752, had wife, Elizabeth, in 1761.
3. DAVID m. Abigail Pitman. RACHEL.
3. David Munsey (John2, William1) was fence viewer in Durham in 1749, field driver in 1761 and hog-reeve and field driver in 1762. He lived in Lee after the separation of that town and refused to sign the Association Test in 1776, although his son, Timothy, signed it. He lived at "Newtown Plains" on the right hand side of the road leading from the Turnpike to Barrington Oak, on land now owned by heirs of Hosea B. Snell. He married Abigail, daughter of Zachariah and Mercy (Conner) Pitman, as shown in the will of his father-in-law. He died apparently between 1803 and 1807. Children were:
DAVID 1. in Lee; d. abt. 1840. Had son Eben, who was a soldier in the Civil War.
4. SOLOMON rem. to Barnstead.
5. TIMOTHY m. Mary Pitman.
HENRY rem. to Barnstead; m. - Simpson. Had son, Henry, who m. Olive Davis and had ch., Randall, who m. Elizabeth Spokesfield, David who m. Olive French, Alfred who m. Maria -, Henry Jackson who m. Ann Young, Abigail who m. William Dow, and Levi.
ABIGAIL.
4. Solomon Munsey (David3, John2, William1) removed to Barnstead. His taxes were remitted in Durham in 1783. He is said to have had thirteen children, of whom the following are known :
SALLY m. Israel Drew.
SOLOMON b. 1778; m. Olive Beck; d. 1850. ROBERT b. 1799; m. Abigail Edmunds; d. 1888. EDWARD.
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NATHANIEL m. Polly (Edmunds) Moore, sister of Abigail.
MEHETABLE m. Jacob West.
ELLIE m. Joseph Jenness.
EUNICE, NATHAN drowned, IRENE.
5. Timothy Munsey (David3, John2, William1) was born in 1749 and died in 1832. He married in 1772, Mary, daughter of Derry and Dorothy (Jackson) Pitman, born in Madbury 22 March 1749. She died in 1830. He removed to Barnstead after 1786. He was enrolled, Sept. 1777, in Capt. George Tuttle's Company, Col. Stephen Evans' Regiment of Revolutionary soldiers. Children were as follows:
EBENEZER b. 24 June 1773; m. 19 Dec. 1802, Mary Vinal, who was b. in Wiscasset, Me., 17 March 1784; d. 1853. She d. in 1853. . Ch., Caroline b. in Bath, Me., 21 April 1804, Margaret b. in Bath 8 Nov. 1806, Curtis Coe b. in Barn- stead 26 Nov. 1807, Mahala b. 21 Jan. 1814, Ann J. b. 21 July 1816, and Timothy b. 16 Jan. 1824.
SARAH b. 1780; m. Henry Nutter of Barnstead.
JANE d. 1857. Unm.
ANDREW b. 1785; m. (1) Mary Bartlett of Montville, Me.,
(2) Betsey, dau. of George Sawyer of Stark, Me. A grandson is Frank A. Munsey, the publisher, of New York. POLLY m. Jedediah Hall of Sandwich.
CATHERINE m. John Beck of Sandwich.
NORTON
Dea. Nathaniel Norton had wife, Lydia, and probably came from Ipswich, Mass. He came from South Berwick, Me., to Durham. Jan. 2, 1760, Samuel and Rebecca Adams conveyed to Nathaniel Norton, tailor, of Berwick, 44 acres on the road leading from Long Marsh to Wille's. He taught school in Dur- ham in 1766 and 1767. He was clerk pro tem. of the proprietors' meeting, 24 July 1772. He assisted in the capture of military stores at Fort William and Mary, Dec. 1774. He was chosen deacon and selectman in 1777. He was granted dismission from the church, 25 Sept. 1780. He married (2) Meriel (Adams) Burnham, widow of Winthrop Burnham, and half sister of the Rev. John Adams.
By first marriage he had children, Nathaniel baptized 1759 in Berwick, George baptized 9 Aug. 1761 in Durham, John baptized I Aug. 1760, Sarah Elizabeth, Mercy Russ, Thomas
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born 17 Feb. 1769 [See records of Newmarket], Lydia born 19 July 1766, who married Abraham Perkins and died 25 Jan. 18II.
By second marriage Dea. Norton had children, Winthrop Burnham and Mary. He died at South Berwick, Me., in 1820.
ODELL
Jacob Odell, born 15 April 1777, son of Thomas of Nottingham, grandson of Thomas of Stratham, married Sarah Davis of Lee and died in Durham, 18 May 1838. His widow died 23 Aug. 1852, aged 71.
CAPT. JACOB m. 22 Sept. 1824, Hannah, dau. of John and Phebe (Hoag) Jenkins of Lee.
SARAH d. 4 Feb. 1890, aged 85, unm. She was a teacher. JOHN O. b. 1807; m. 1827, Sarah Ann Kelley, who was b. 21
Dec. 1809 and d. 14 May 1855. Hed. 29 Aug. 1853, aged 46, in New Jersey.
Children of Capt. Jacob and Hannah (Jenkins) Odell:
SARAH ANN.
JOHN O., killed by accidental discharge of a gun, 8 Aug. 1849, aged 17.
CAROLINE E. b. 1830, m. I May 1850, George T. Peckham of Newmarket, who was b. in Walpole, Mass., in 1826.
JAMES K., a soldier in the Civil War. L. in Boston.
William Albert Odell, born II Nov. 1840, died in Dover 18 Dec. 1869. He was a lawyer.
ODIORNE
William Odiorne, son of Jotham, was born in 1710 and died in 1798. He was a shipbuilder and lived in Portsmouth, Durham, Epsom and Newmarket. He died in Nottingham at the house of his daughter, Avis Bodge, aged 88. He married (1) Sarah, daughter of Samuel Hatch, and had five sons; (2) Avis, daughter of Rev. Hugh and Susanna (Winborn) Adams. Children by second marriage were:
SARAH m. - Flagg.
ABIGAIL b. 1746; d. Feb. 1827. Unm.
MEHITABLE b. 26 June 1748; m. 22 Feb. 1768, Hon. James Sullivan, LL.D., later Governor of Massachusetts.
JOHN b. in Durham 1750; m. Sarah Clough ; d. 1776. One child, that d. in infancy.
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Avis m. Dec. 1788, Ichabod Bodge; d. in Durham 21 Sept.
1826, aged 60. A son took the name, Jotham Odiorne, and m. his cousin, Mary Odiorne, dau. of Joseph. He d. 29 Aug. 1826, aged 33, and was interred in the Sullivan burial ground. His wife d. 14 June 1847, aged 47. MARY m. Amos Green of Groton.
JOTHAN m. in the West Indies.
THOMAS was a physician at Augusta, Me. He d. 1833, aged 75.
JOSEPH b. in Durham 26 June 1770; d. 27 July 1839. Had wife Lydia and 1. in Pittsfield.
SUSAN b. 1772; d. March 1847. Interred in the Sullivan burial ground.
SAMUEL Odiorne m. 17 May 1801, Olive Thomas, both of Durham.
PALMER. SEE LEATHERS
PAUL
Stephen Paul, born I Nov. 1777, married, 2 Oct. 1800, Tem- perance Ellison, who was born 23 Dec. 1789. Children recorded in Durham:
ELLISON b. 15 April 1802; m. 1I July 1830, Clarissa Gleason b. 26 April 1801. Ch., Julia Ann b. 22 May 1831, m. George Richardson; Charles Henry b. 14 May 1833, m. Libby in Lawrence, Mass .; Alfred Fifield b. 4 June 1835, who d. unm .; Susan Jane b. I Sept. 1838; and Emeline Elizabeth b. 25 March 1844, who m. Marcus M. Esterbrooks.
HARRIET b. 19 Dec. 1803; d. unm.
JAMES b. 3 April 1805; m. 4 Nov. 1840, Sarah Jenkins. He d. at Portsmouth and was buried in Durham, II Dec. 1848. Ch., William; Caroline who m. Charles Runlett, James who m. Fanny Emery.
HOWARD b. 26 Jan. 1808; m. 19 Dec. 1830, Dorothy Garland. MARY JANE b. 25 March 1812; m. in Peterborough.
CAROLINE b. 20 Feb. 1815; m. 26 March 1834, Albert L.
Fifield. A daughter, Susan, m. David L. Bartlett and 1. in Amesbury, Mass.
TEMPERANCE ANN b. 16 Dec. 1816.
SUSAN b. 19 May 1819; m. in Wells, Me.
STEPHEN b. 17 March 1821 ; m. 8 Oct. 1843, Mary E., dau. of Rufus and Susan (Dame) Willey, b. 17 Feb. 1825, d. 5 Jan. 1882, (2) Priscilla (Chesley) Langmaid. He d. 15 Oct. 1888 and his widow m. 30 April 1890 Joel E. Cook and d. 12 Aug. 1910.
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ALFRED killed in taking down the staging of the stone house, near the Sullivan monument.
ANNIE m. Winkley. A dau. Bessie m. Joseph R. Burnham.
Children of Stephen and Mary E. (Willey) Paul:
SUSAN E. b. 23 Sept. 1844; d. 14 Aug. 1852.
MARY JANE b. 14 Aug. 1846; d. 29 July 1852.
GEORGE ALBERT b. 5 Sept. 1848; d. 27 July 1868.
RUFUS W. b. 23 Sept. 1850; d. 17 April 1872; m. Ida Had- dock. One ch., George W.
MARY S. b. 14 July 1852, d. 19 July 1856.
ANNIE E. b. 3 Oct. 1855; m. I July 1881, Frank Symes. Ch. Roland, Merton, Doris and Joseph.
MARCIA E. b. 21 April 1858; m. 27 Sept., 1879, Walter S. Davis.
FRANK S. b. 27 July 1863; m. Mary E. Berry. No ch.
CHARLES L. b. 28 June 1867 ; m. 6 April 1893 Edith C. Stiles. One child, Charles L. b. 12 April 1894.
SUSIE B. b. 27 June 1871 ; m. 24 Nov., 1895, Charles S. Otis.
One child, Roger, b. 16 July 1908.
PRENDERGAST, PENDERGAST
Prendergast is the name of a parish in Pembrokeshire, in the southern part of Wales, and dates back to the time of the Danish invasion, about 900 A. D. It is now called Prendregast and is a few miles from Haverfordwest. Maurice de Prendergast was one of the seventy knights who with their archers went with the Earl of Strigule, called Strongbow, to the conquest of Ireland, landing at Wexford in the year 1169. Among his descendants may be named Sir Thomas Prendergast, born 1600, and John P. Prendergast, the historian, author of the Cromwellian Settle- ment of Ireland.
Stephen Pendergast, born 1693, came from County Wexford, Ireland, between 1715 and 1720. He married, at Greenland, N. H., 5 March 1727/8, Jane, daughter of Solomon Cotton. He was constable in Durham in 1738 and died 10 Sept. 1753. His widow died 12 Jan. 1754, aged 52, as her gravestone says, though some say she was born in 1694. He may have had a brother, Dennis Pendergast, who lived in Durham and in his will, 1789, names son, Michael, as his only heir, who married, 31 Oct. 1790, Deborah Woodlock. The children of Stephen Pendergast were:
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MARGARET b. in Kittery 22 May 1729.
2. STEPHEN b. in Stratham 29 March 1731; m. Betty Rivers.
EDMUND b. at "Lamper River" 22 Feb. 1733; m. Hannah Langley. L. at Packer's Falls. Ch., Edmund b. 1760, who m. (1) Olive -, (2) Lydia Murray; Thomas b. 1762, d. 20 May 1781, and perhaps James, who d. 30 March 1785.
ANN b. 13 June 1735; d. 18 April 1758. Unm.
SOLOMON b. 19 June 1737; d. 16 April 1758.
SARAH b. 13 Aug. 1739; d. 2 Nov. 1743.
MARY b. at Durham 13 Oct. 1741 ; d. 8 Nov. 1743.
BRIDGET b. 24 Feb. 1745.
3. JOHN b. 18 April 1748; m. Deborah Durrell.
2. Stephen Pendergast (Stephen) married, 1760, Betty Rivers, who was born 23 April 1737 and died 16 Sept. 1836. He died 27 Feb. 1797. Both died in Barnstead, though he lived in Durham, probably at the Pendergast garrison house, till about 1784, when he moved to Barnstead and cleared a farm there. Children all born in Durham:
JANE b. I March 1762; d. 30 March 1785.
THOMAS b. 16 Aug. 1764; d. 19 March 1840.
ANNA b. 2 March 1767; d. 10 Nov. 1851.
SARAH b. 2 June 1768 ; d. 19 Nov. 1858.
STEPHEN b. 6 Aug. 1770; d. 13 Sept. 1827. Unm.
JOSEPH b. 13 July 1773; d. 10 April 1860.
SOLOMON b. 26 Feb. 1776; m. 31 Dec. 1801, Rebecca Sher- burne of Barrington, who d. 5 Feb. 1865; he d. 3 Dec. 1860 in Barnstead. 6 ch.
BETTY C. b. 16 March 1778; m. - Drew ; d. 24 April 1871.
JOHN b. 26 Oct. 1780; d. 22 June 1796.
THOMAS b. 21 Aug. 1783 ; d. 4 May 1862.
JAMES (?) b. 1784; m. Mary
-, who was b. 1783 and d.
23 March 1863. He d. 7 Sept. 1850.
3. John Pendergast (Stephen), born 18 April 1748, married Deborah, daughter of Nicholas and Rachel (Wakefield) Durrell.
STEPHEN (?) d. 17 Jan. 1816.
NICHOLAS m. (1) 8 July 1814, Lois Emerson, (2) Hannah Emerson. Ch., Love who m. Ann Jenkins, Jane who m. Allen Plummer, Elizabeth who m. Nicholas Meserve, and Daniel who d. young.
JOHN m. 13 Aug. 1819, Mary Williams of Lee; d. 1850.
JAMES m. 1808, Hannah Emerson. She d. 7 Aug. 1826, aged 36. Dau. Charlotte m. William Tuttle.
JANE m. 1814, Samuel Prescott.
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ANN m. 6 March 1814, Capt. Robert Parker, (2) Langmaid.
RACHEL m. 1807, Remembrance Bunker.
POLLY m. 8 Jan. 1801, Joseph Chesley, (2) Capt. Ford.
SARAH m. 30 Dec. 1804, Samuel Meserve of Madbury.
DEBORAH m. 24 May 1818, Ebenezer C. Smith.
Daughter m. Stockbridge and 1. in Cornish, Me.
THIRD GENERATION
Edmund Pendergast (Edmund2, Stephen1), born 1760, married (1) Olive -, who was born 1761, (2) 6 Jan. 1791, Lydia, daughter of Dea. Timothy Murray of Newmarket. He died 5 Nov. 1846. She died 18 Nov. 1838. Children all born in the garrison house:
THOMAS b. 1788 ; m. 6 April 1817, Charlotte, dau. of Robert and Mehitable (Folsom) Smart, and 1. on the farm of his father-in-law, at Ash Swamp, Newmarket. He d. 16 April 1865. She was b. 1799 and d. 1879. Ch., Mehitable b. 1819, who m. (I) - Nelson, (2) her cousin, Nathan- iel Pendergast; Edmund who m. Pickering and had ch., George, Edmund and Angie.
SOPHIA b. 23 Sept. 1790; m. Dea. William Wiggin, (2) 22 Feb. 1840, David Murray. She d. 30 March 1849.
TIMOTHY b. 5 May 1794; m. Nancy -- -; d. 10 March 1872. She was b. 1792 and d. I Feb. 1874.
EDMUND m. 22 Oct. 1821, Elizabeth Churchill, dau. of Thomas
and Alice. Ch., Roswell who went to Minnesota, and Nathaniel who m. Mehitable (Pendergast) Nelson.
HANNAH m. 1808, Bradstreet Doe. MARY m. Moore.
NATHANIEL b. 1804; d. 25 Sept. 1818.
SOLOMON b. 7 April 1808; m. 26 April 1832, Lydia Wiggin, (2) May 1850, Judith Mathes of Lee. He d. at Hutchin- son, Minn., 9 July 1882. Ch., William, Martha, Ellen, Timothy and Lloyd.
UNCLASSIFIED
m. 17 Nov. 1803, Samuel French and Polly Pendergast. m. 29 July 1838, Alfred Pendergast and Susan Day.
PENDEXTER
Thomas Pendexter married Temperance, daughter of Robert and Deborah (Follett) Leathers, who was baptized 19 Oct. 1760. He died in 1827, aged 74.
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HISTORY OF DURHAM
2. EDWARD b. 22 Aug. 1778; m. 3 April 1803, Polly, dau. of Jacob and Hannah (Cram) Joy. She d. 30 Dec. 1871, aged 87 yrs. II mos.
JOSEPH m. (1) 18II, Drusilla Burleigh of Newmarket, who was b. 3 April 1785 and d. 12 Feb. 1814, (2) -- Kelly, (3) Bodge. 3 sons went to Conway. Dau., Lydia, m. Simon Locke of Epsom.
ALFRED m. Phebe Pickering of Newington. He d. 12 Dec. 1850, aged 46.
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