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THOMAS m. Abra Meserve, 27 Dec. 1808. He was drowned. HENRY who went to Baltimore, Md. A dau. m. - Pitman and went to Newburyport, Mass.
JOHN m. 13 Aug. 1841, Hannah "T. Piper and went to Rochester.
TEMPERANCE m. John Davis (?) of Boston.
CHARLES m. 8 Feb. 1840, Helen Davis. L. in Massachusetts.
GEORGE m. Abigail Titcomb II Jan. 1808 (?).
FRANCIS Boardman d. Dec. 1858, aged 64 yrs. 6 mos. Unm. ANN (?) m. Perkins of Alton.
CYRUS m. 25 Nov. 1841, Almira S. Parsons.
Children of Edward and Polly (Joy) Pendexter:
HANNAH C. b. 28 Oct. 1803; m. 1826, Stephen P. Chesley. JACOB J. twin to Hannah ; m. 4 May 1831, Mary F. Fernald. EDWARD b. 19 Sept. 1805; m. 1840, Martha C. Stickney of Concord.
GEORGE W. b. 10 Dec. 1807; m. 1836, Ruth C. Hawkes, (2) Mrs. Mary A. Folsom.
MARTHA b. 14 Dec. 1809; d. 15 April 1835.
JAMES MUNROE b. 2 Sept. 1815; m. 1850, Mary, dau. of Paul and Nancy (Torr) Meserve. Ch., Mary Ellen b. 14 Sept. 1851, m. Valentine Mathes, Frances E. b. I Aug. 1853, m. 6 Sept. 1876 Thomas E. Cushing, and James Edward b. 1856. A dau. of Thomas E. and Frances E. Cushing is Caroline Estes Cushing b. 27 Nov. 1877, who m. 21 Nov. 1906 James Dunnington of Manchester and has son, Thomas Cushing Dunnington, b. 21 Oct. 1907.
PERKINS
William Perkins, taxed at Oyster River 1662-75, is said to have been born in Cornwall, Eng., in 1616 and to have died in Newmarket in 1732, aged 116. [N. E. Register.]
But William Perkins deposed, 2 March 1677/8, aged about 39, concerning a meadow owned by John Smart, on the southwest side of Goddard's Creek. He was born, therefore, about 1638, perhaps son of the above William Perkins.
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William Perkins and John Perkins took the oath of fidelity at a training, 21 June 1669. William bought land of Thomas Willey, 4 Aug. 1666. He and wife, Elizabeth, 28 Jan. 1669, con- veyed to Thomas Edgerly twenty acres on the southwest side of Long Creek. His daughter, Elizabeth, married John Wheeler.
Thomas Perkins had a grant of three acres and a half on Dover Neck for a house lot in 1669.
Samuel Perkins married Mary Tasker. They and the follow- ing children were baptized by the Rev. Hugh Adams; births recorded in Dover: Hannah born 9 Dec. 1703, Frances born II Feb. 1705, Joseph born 25 Aug. 1714, Abigail born 30 April 1717, Samuel born 13 Feb. 1723, and Mary baptized 30 June 1723, twelve years old.
In 1719 Samuel Perkins and John Munsey are called survivors and owners of land granted to James Derry.
Joseph Perkins, wife, Eleanor, and son, Timothy, were baptized 5 May 1728. A daughter, Abigail, was baptized 22 Jan. 1728/9. Joseph, Paul and Elizabeth, childrenof widow Eleanor Perkins, were baptized at the house of William Buzzell, in Durham, 2 Jan. 1742.
Abraham Perkins lived near Durham Falls and died before 8 Oct. 1770. His son, Abraham, was born 20 Jan. 1771 and married, 14 Jan. 1798, Lydia, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Norton. Abraham Perkins and Abigail Boardman were pub- lished in Durham, 20 Feb. 1814. She was of Newburyport. Perhaps this indicates a second marriage. His children by first marriage were Abraham born 8 Jan. 1799, who married, 1830, Mary Ann, daughter of Rev. Josiah Prentice of Northwood; Lydia born 27 Sept. 1800, and Charles born 11 July 1802.
The children of Abraham and Mary Ann (Prentice) Perkins were Mary Ann Boardman born 24 March 1832, Charles Rich- mond born 23 June 1834, deceased, Charles Boardman born 5 July 1836, Elizabeth Beathe born 4 July 1839, deceased, and Henry Edwards born 12 May 1843.
PETTEE
Charles Holmes Pettee [See page 274 of Vol. I], son of Horace and Elizabeth Fairbanks (Wilson) Pettee, was born in Manches- ter 2 Feb. 1853. He married, 24 July 1877, Luella Elizabeth Swett, born at Canaan, N. H., 25 June 1854, daughter of Frank- lin and Sarah Elizabeth (Piper) Swett. Children are:
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ALVENA b. at Hanover 14 Feb. 1881; graduated at New Hampshire College, 1900, m. 27 Dec. 1905, Edward Emil Nelson. Ch., William Pettee Nelson b. 3 Oct. 1906, and Elizabeth Luella Nelson b. 29 Jan. 1909.
HORACE JAMES b. at Hanover 6 March 1883; graduated at New Hampshire College, 1905; m. 9 Sept. 1909, Anna Holmes Pettee. Their son, James Charles, was b. 2 Nov. 1910.
SARAH ELIZABETH b. at Hanover 14 Jan. 1886. Graduated at New Hampshire College, 1908.
CHARLES SWETT b. at Durham 3 May 1895.
PINDER
John Pinder, aged 26 when he gave testimony 15 Oct. 1675, bought land of John York at Lubberland 16 May 1681, adjoining to land of Thomas Morris. In 1701 he had a grant of ten acres next to his own land. Thomas Morris, in his will, 1701, gave fifteen shillings to Elizabeth Pinder and an iron "cittle to Sarah Pinder Sener." In 1704 he had wife, Sarah, who was sister to Deborah Meserve and was called "cousin" by Bridget Bickford. His will, dated 12 Jan. 1724, names wife, Elizabeth, who was living in 1742.
2. BENJAMIN b. abt. 1688; m. Martha ELIZABETH m. William Durgin.
TEMPERANCE m. Ichabod Follett. SARAH m. Benjamin York.
ABIGAIL named in 1704 and 1724, then unm.
2. Benjamin Pinder (John) was aged 15 or 16 when he gave testimony in 1704. He had wife, Martha, in 1736. He sold land to son, Joseph, in 1754. The following children were baptized by Rev. Hugh Adams 5 Oct. 1729, except John, who is named in his grandfather's will.
JOHN named in 1724. Had wife, Elizabeth, and they sold, 16 July 1735, right in estate of James Derry. He was of Newmarket, 5 May 1755, when he sold land in Durham to Walter Bryant, naming in the deed honored father, Ben- jamin, and grandfather, John Pinder.
SARAH, BENJAMIN, ABIGAIL.
ELIZABETH m. Joshua Trickey 28 Sept. 1749. JOSEPH m. Hepzibeth Davis, 20 July 1749. Both were 1. 2 Feb. 1763, when they and Benjamin Pinder, either father or brother, sold to Dependence Bickford of Newing- ton, thirty acres at Clift Cove, on Great Bay, with build- ings.
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Children of Joseph Pinder baptized by Rev. John Adams of Durham:
JEREMIAH bapt. 4 Aug. 1751. Had wife, Hannah, who was b. 18 Dec. 1751 and d. 25 Sept. 1840. He d. in 1816, aged 66. They had dau., Comfort, b. 21 Dec. 1772, who m. 18 Dec. 1803, John Runnels and d. II Oct. 1849.
THOMAS bapt. 23 Dec. 1755; m. 4 Jan. 1779 in Newington, . Elizabeth Leighton, and had two sons bapt. there 5 Aug. 1781, viz., James Bickford and Joseph Leighton. The latter prob. m. 21 June 1802, Mary Doe. Thomas also had son, Benjamin, who m. 24 Nov. 1791, Susanna Per- kins, both of Newmarket. Benjamin d. 19 Nov. 1814 and his wife d. in Newfields II Feb. 1816, leaving ch., Joseph and William.
ABIGAIL bapt. 23 Dec. 1755.
John Pinder, born in Durham, married Martha Edgerly and had son, Alfred, born in Durham II July 1814, who married Susan, daughter of Hilton and Hannah (Witham) Day of Wake- field. He died in Northwood 26 Dec. 1892. His wife died 19 Aug. 1899, aged 82-4-13. Ch., John, James, Alfred, Walter, Hannah who m. Joseph Roderick and a daughter who m. William Reynolds.
PINKHAM
Abijah Pinkham, born 9 Feb. 1734, lived on the eastern part of the farm now owned by Clarence I. Smart. The cellar of his house is easily found, not far from the road from the Falls to the Point, and the burial place, overgrown with bushes, is a few rods north of where the barn stood. Here he and his wife are buried. He married, II Jan. 1753, Rachel, daughter of Robert and Meribah (Jackson) Huckins, who was born 15 March 1732 and died 10 Nov. 1818. He died 3 March 1779. His will, dated 16 Feb. 1779, names wife, Rachel, and the following children:
2. THOMAS b. 8 June 1755; m. Sarah Ballard.
SAMUEL.
3. ABIJAH b. 22 July 1763; m. Sarah Spencer. PAUL.
SARAH m. 13 June 1777, Robert Williams, in Barrington. ABIGAIL under 18.
ANNE under 18; m. John Jenkins, 15 Feb. 1798 (?).
2. Thomas Pinkham (Abijah) married Sarah, daughter of Timothy Ballard. She was born 3 Oct. 1757 and died 16 March
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1814. He died 26 May 1811. He removed to Woodstock. Children recorded in Durham:
BALLARD b. 24 Oct. 1774; m. 15 Aug. 1802, Mary Folsom,
(2) Joanna Burnham. He d. 27 March 1854. Second wife d. 27 March 1854, aged 74.
SARAH b. 13 March 1778; d. 15 May 1847.
THOMAS b. 29 July 1780; m. 16 Aug. 1804, Peggy Vincent; d. 7 May 1851.
SUSANNA b. 14 Feb. 1782; m. 30 Sept. 1802, Lieut. Robert Mathes; d. 6 Feb. 1859.
MARY b.12 Oct. 1784; d. 14 Oct. 1784.
MARY b. 28 April 1787; m. 13 Aug. 1813, Benjamin'Folsom of Walpole.
SOPHIA b. 20 Feb. 1790; m. 18 Dec. 1806, Elisha Locke.
TIMOTHY b. 20 Feb. 1792; m. 23 Aug. 1812, Sally Garland; drowned 2 Oct. 1850.
PAMELIA b. 16 Feb. 1795; d. 25 Dec. 1798.
3. Abijah Pinkham (Abijah), born 22 July 1763, married, II Dec. 1783, Sarah Spencer and died 8 July 1815. She was born 23 Oct. 1763 and died 16 March 1814. Children recorded in Durham:
ELIZABETH b. 7 July 1784; m. 13 Nov. 1800, Ebenezer Cornell.
SALLY b. 8 July 1789; m. 28 Nov. 1805, Jonathan Fifield.
AUGUSTUS H. b. 25 March 1791.
JOHN S. b. 25 Dec. 1793; d. 11 Oct. 1819.
MARGERY b. 19 April 1796; m. 24 Oct. 1822, Rev. Washing- ton Russell.
ABIGAIL b. 13 July 1799; m. 27 April 1820, Joseph Russell of Woodstock; d. I Feb. 1890.
PAMELIA b. 6 Sept. 1805; m. 20 May 1833, Peter Russell of Woodstock; d. 20 July 1877.
PINKHAM
Alfred Pinkham, son of Daniel and Sally (Davis), grandson of Daniel, was born 27 May 1810. He had brothers, William, Joseph, Charles, Hicks, Salmon and Stephen, and sisters, Fanny and Nancy. He married, 1831, Harriet Burnham of Newmarket, who died 14 Jan. 1885.
FRANCES J. b. 27 Sept. 1833; m. 2 July 1853, Jonas Willey.
STEPHEN b. 23 April 1835; d. 13 Feb. 1861.
ALFRED b. 14 Aug. 1836; d. 23 Aug. 1842.
ALPHONSO b. 7 Oct. 1838; m. Mehitable Jane Palmer; d.
28 Aug. 1863 in United States Volunteer service.
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ANN AUGUSTA b. 19 Aug. 1840; m. Luke Vibbert; d. 18 Nov. 1866.
HARRIET b. 10 Aug. 1842; m. --- Pulsifer.
JOSHUA b. 12 March 1844; soldier in the Civil War.
SARAH b. 7 May 1846; m. James B. Palmer.
ROSCOE b. 14 April 1848.
ESTHER M. b. 3 July 1850; m. (1) Alfred Davis, (2) Samuel Teri.
FRIEND b. 19 March 1852; d. 27 Aug. 1855.
LYCURGUS b. 26 July 1854; d. 22 Aug. 1855
FRIEND b. m. and 1. in Durham.
PITMAN
William Pitman, called blacksmith, was born about 1632, as shown by a deposition. He married (1) in Boston, 29th of 9th month 1653, Barbara Evans. He was living, 12 May 1657, on a portion of William Roberts' land and next to Robert Burnham's land, although he did not take a deed of said land till 1664. The inference is that he had married (2) Ann, daughter of William Roberts. She is repeatedly mentioned between 1661 and 1682, as wife of William Pitman. He was rated at Oyster River, 1657- 77. His will shows that he died in 1682, leaving the heirs named below. He gave three shillings apiece to the following, Ezekiel Pitman, Ann Pitman, Zachariah Pitman, Hannah Pitman, and Judith Pitman.
MARY b. 15 Nov. 1657; m. 16 April 1674, Stephen Otis. She was carried captive to Canada and there bapt. 8 Dec. 1693, as dau. of William and Barbara Pitman.
2. EZEKIEL b. 1658; m. Elizabeth
3. JOHN b. 1663; executor of father's will.
4. FRANCIS b. 1662; m. Widow Elizabeth Tibbetts.
5. NATHANIEL m. Widow Deliverance Derry.
6. JOSEPH b. 1669; m. Elizabeth ELIZABETH m. Stephen Jenkins.
ABIGAIL m. Stephen Willey bef. 1676. SARAH m. Jeremiah Drisco. ANN b. 1672; m. 1698, John Sias.
ZACHARIAS, HANNAH.
JUDITH m. 8 Jan. 1715 John Ham(?).
2. Ezekiel Pitman (William), born 1658, as per deposition, made another deposition, 24 Sept. 1677, saying that "about two years since he heard teak (Teague) Riall say that if he did not marry he would give his land & All that he hath to William Dur-
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gin." [Court Files, No. 23738.] Teague Royall was one of the carly settlers at Oyster River, 1657. He removed to Exeter and died there, unmarried.
Ezekiel Pitman had a grant of thirty acres, which was laid out to his son, William, in 1713. He had wife, Elizabeth, called widow in 1701. Children probably were as follows:
EZEKIEL m. 23 May 1717, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Shack- ford, in Portsmouth. He is called son of Ezekiel in a deed. Ezekiel Pitman, Jr., m. in Portsmouth, 13 July 1740, Elizabeth Peverly.
7. WILLIAM m. Joanna, perhaps dau. of James Derry.
3. John Pitman (William) had for guardians Edward Leathers and Ezekiel Pitman until 1684, when he became of age and was made executor of his father's will. He is mentioned as owning land in 1722. Nothing further is known.
4. Francis Pitman (William) who deposed 22 Feb. 1734, aged 72, married Elizabeth, widow of Nathaniel Tibbetts. She was baptized at Oyster River 21 July 1717. He bought of Nathaniel Meader, 7 April 1701, forty acres on the west side of Beech hill, which had been sold to Meader by Widow Elizabeth Pitman.
SARAH m. William Buzzell, 28 Nov. 1728.
5. Nathaniel Pitman (William) married Deliverance, widow of John Derry, about 1697. He had a grant of thirty acres in Madbury, 23 June 1701. Children, so far as known, were:
ABIGAIL bapt. 5 April 1723; m. 13 March 1730, William Demeritt.
TABITHA m. Eli Demeritt, brother of William.
DERRY bapt. 24 May 1724; m. Dorothy Jackson, dau. of Dr. George and Joanna (Pepperrell) Jackson, b. 21 Nov. 1717. Ch., Andrew Pepperrell and Mary, twins, b. 22 March 1749. Mary m. Timothy Munsey.
V6. Joseph Pitman (William), born 1669, made a deposition, 4 Dec. 1699, aged 30. He was killed by Indians, "not far from Oyster River meeting house," 19 Aug. 1704. A deed in 1722 shows the following children, who sold to John Allen right in land belonging to their father, Joseph Pitman, twenty acres, northeast of Johnson's Creek, next to John Pitman's land. This had been granted to Joseph Pitman, 19 March 1693/4.
8. JOHN m. Elizabeth bef. 1722. Both sign a deed in 1744, he alone in 1752.
9. ZECHARIAH m. Mercy Conner, 13 Dec. 1723.
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NEHEMIAH. He was of Scarboro, Me., in 1728. He had wife and child in Durham in 1751 and petitioned court for help.
SARAH m. Zechariah Nock. Sarah Pitman was bapt. at Oyster River 7 May 1727.
MARY m. William Downs, 3 May 1721.
ANNE unm. in 1722; m. perhaps Abraham Mimmey of Somersworth.
THIRD GENERATION
7. William Pitman (Ezekiel2, William1) petitioned, 7 Jan. 1706, to have Jeremy Burnham appointed his guardian. He and wife, Joanna, signed a deed 14 March 1717/8. They sold to John Munsey, 19 April 1722, their right in the estate of James Derry deceased.
ABIGAIL bapt. 6 March 1719/20.
DORCAS bapt. 6 March 1719/20.
WILLIAM bapt. 6 March 1719/20.
EZEKIEL bapt. 22 July 1722.
STEPHEN bapt. 18 June 1727.
8. John Pitman (Joseph2, William1) had wife, Elizabeth He is supposed to have lived in Lee and to have had, perhaps, the following children :
JOHN b. 7 May 1732; m. Susannah He d. in Barn- stead 28 Feb. 1834. His wife d. 6 March 1835, aged 95. Had prob. sons, John and Josiah.
SUSANNA b. 7 May 1734; m. 6 Nov. 1751, John Durgin. SAMUEL b. 1736; m. Sarah, dau. of Edward Small. He d. in Barnstead in 1825, aged 89. She also d. in 1825, aged 89. His will, 1815, names wife, Sarah, and ch., Sarah Swain, Elizabeth Winkley, Polly Perkins, Harriet Peavey, Abigail Montgomery, Susanna Young, and sons, Samuel and Ebenezer.
MARY m. John Brown, 12 April 1750.
EBENEZER (?) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Azariah Boody. She was a widow in 1758.
9. Zechariah Pitman, (Joseph2, William1) married, 13 Dec. 1723, Mercy, daughter of Timothy Conner. His will, 3 June 1783-Feb 1785, names son, Conner Pitman, daughter, Mercy Pitman, daughter, Abigail, wife of David Muncey, and daughter, Sarah, wife of Benjamin Bickford. He lived in Madbury.
CONNER m. Abigail Daniel, dau. of Jonathan (?). His will, dated 2 May 1794, names wife, Abigail, son Ebenezer who d. 1797, dau., Sarah, wife of John Callomy, daus., Abigail, Deborah, Mary and Eunice, and son, Joseph.
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MERCY, d. unm. Her will, 4 May 1792, names sister, Widow Sarah Bickford, Eleanor, wife of John Pearl, and Molly, wife of Joseph Pitman.
ABIGAIL m. David Munsey.
SARAH m. Benjamin Bickford, 26 Dec. 1751.
RAND
Francis Rand, born 1616, came with Capt. John Mason's colony about 1633. He was killed by Indians, 29 Sept. 1691. His wife, Christian, was also killed by Indians.
His son, John, married Remembrance, daughter of John Ault, and lived at Oyster River Point. Probably both were slain by Indians, in the massacre of 1694.
Feb. 18, 1697/8, John Rand and wife, Elizabeth, sold to John Edgerly a piece of land called "ye meadow ground." John Rand of Oyster River had estate administered by wife, Elizabeth. She was appointed administratrix I Aug. 1698.
John Rand, minor, probably son of the last mentioned, chose Francis Matthews for guardian. He married, 17 Dec. 1718, Joanna, daughter of Thomas Willey. This John Rand probably had a sister, Christian Rand, who married, 6 Dec. 1717, Naphtali Kincaid.
John Rand of Oyster River sold to Francis Matthews, 17 Nov. 1718, thirty acres called "Rands Plantation." He was living in Durham in 1737 with wife, Joanna.
April 18, 1718, Hannah and Francis Rand, Nathaniel Rand and wife, Elizabeth, of Newington sold to Job Reynolds of Oyster River land at Oyster River, which John Ault gave to his son-in- law, John Rand, and wife, Remembrance.
John Rand signed a petition in 1729, probably living near the border of Madbury.
Hannah, daughter of John and Mary Rand, was baptized 6 Aug. 1749. David Rand was a Revolutionary soldier from Dur- ham, aged 28, in 1775. John Rand was a soldier from Durham about the same time.
David Rand of Barnstead, as the record reads, married Polly Kent in 1813. Tradition says he was from Newbury, Mass., but he is believed to have descended from the above named Rands. His wife was daughter of Richard and Dorothy (Ed- gerly) Kent. He died 3 May 1845, aged 52. His wife died 9 Nov. 1837, aged 42. Children :
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DAVID m. 6 April 1837, Nancy, dau. of John Edgerly.
NANCY (?) d. 2 Feb. 1836, aged 20.
RICHARD K. d. 16 May 1842, aged 20.
CLARISSA b. 21 Aug. 1819; m. 12 Aug. 1841, William Bunker, (2) 14 March 1852, Stephen Hardy. Ch., by second marriage, Mary A. b. 2 March 1856, m. 30 Jan. 1890 Charles W. Hardy; Jennie S. b. 15 Oct. 1859, m. 22 Dec. 1888, Orin T. Rideout and had ch., Newton L. Rideout b. 5 Oct. 1889, Donald E. Rideout b. 19 Oct. 1891, and Frank T. Rideout b. 3 Aug. 1899.
Children of David and Nancy (Edgerly) Rand:
STEPHEN m. 6 July 1863, Sarah A., dau. of Joshua F. and Sally (Durgin) Emerson. Ch., Elmer L. b. 13 Sept. 1867, Anna M. b. 2 Sept. 1864, m. 2 Sept. 1898, George E. Cook, and Harry E. b. 25 Aug. 1878, who m. 22 Aug. 1906, Bertha Dame.
SUSAN b. 1843; m. Joseph Edgerly, d; 1911.
HELEN. FRANK, unm.
AMANDA b. 7 Nov. 1850; m. 5 July 1872, James Munroe Bassett. Ch. Fred Danforth b. 24 June 1873, m. 30 Dec. 1893, Annie Collins, Alice Maria b. 16 Nov. 1874, m. 24 Nov. 1897, John True Davis and had ch., Merle Evelyn Davis b. 16 Jan. 1900, Philip Bassett Davis b. 21 May 1907, and Raymond Caldwell Davis b. 18 Oct. 1908; Harry b. 5 Sept. 1876; Mary Helen b. 2 March 1879, m. 26 May 1898, Walter Thompson; Charles Dexter b. 19 Aug. 1882, m. 14 Nov. 1912, Marion Dunton.
JAMES B. b. 25 Oct. 1856; m. 30 Oct. 1883, Laura Wiggin of Dover. Ch., Clarence William b. 27 Aug. 1884, d. 16 May 1891 ; Flora Belle b. 14 Nov. 1885, d. 9 April 1900; Fred Woodbury b. 15 July 1890, d. 26 May 1891.
UNCLASSIFIED
m. 16 March 1812, Stephen N. Rand and Lydia Leathers. pub. 21 March 1818, Nicholas Colbath and Keziah Rand. . pub. 29 March 1829, William Rand and Mary Davis.
RANDALL
(Compiled with assistance of Francis D. Randall, Malden, Mass.)
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Richard Randall first appears in Portsmouth in July 1757. It is not known whom he married. A son, Richard, is recorded in old Saco, Me., born March 1659. Richard and Elizabeth Ran- dall had children, Elizabeth, Judith and Ann, born in Boston between 1669 and 1673.
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Richard Randall, born in Saco in 1659, is thought to have been the one who married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Smith) Tozier of old Kittery, now South Berwick, Me. She died 16 April 1704, and he married (2) 10 April 1705, Widow Elizabeth Blanchant. He lived in Berwick, Me. The statement made in Old Kittery and Her Families, that Elizabeth Tozier married (1) - Blanchant, is erroneous.
RICHARD b. abt. 1693; m. 10 July 1715, Sarah Gore, (2) 18 Dec. 1718, Leah Stone.
3. NATHANIEL b. abt. 1695; m. Mary Hodgdon.
SAMUEL b. abt. 1700; m. 20 Nov. 1720, Elizabeth Macfeeld, (2) 23 May 1723, Hannah Williams.
4. WILLIAM b. abt. 1702; m. Hannah Mason.
JOHN b. abt. 1698; m. 22 Jane 1720, Mary Chick.
THIRD GENERATION
3. Nathaniel Randall (Richard2, Richard1), born about 1695, married, about 1720, Mary, daughter of Israel and Ann (Wingate) Hodgdon. He and wife and two sons were baptized at Oyster River, II Aug. 1723. He settled in what is now Lee and died there March 1748/9, aged 54. His wife died 3 Jan. 1775, aged 75. Their gravestones are near the Durham and Lee boundary line.
5. MILES b. abt. 1721; m. Abigail Runnels.
6. NATHANIEL b. 5 March 1723; m. Mary Runnels.
7. SIMON b. 9 May 1725; m. Sarah Jenkins. ELIZABETH b. 19 Oct. 1727; m. Capt. Samuel Demeritt. JONATHAN bapt. 25 Oct. 1730; m. Keziah Carter, 24 Aug. I757.
ANNA m. Gideon Mathes, 23 Jan. 1755.
MARY b. abt. 1742; m. Samuel Beck, (2) Capt. Ebenezer Jones of Portsmouth. She d. 13 April 1811, aged 69.
4. William Randall (Richard2, Richard1), born about 1702, married, 2 Feb. 1724/5, Hannah, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Davis) Mason. She was admitted to church 7 July 1728, and he was baptized 24 Dec. 1721. Peter Mason, 29 April 1736, sold to son-in-law, William Randall, and to his wife, Hannah, and to their son, William Randall, Jr., and if said William Randall, Jr., should die, to Mason Randall, land in Durham on the south side of Turtle Pond. [See N. H. Prov. Deeds, 92, p. 15.]
SARAH bapt. 5 Sept. 1725. WILLIAM named in 1736.
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MASON m. Lucy Had deed of land from William and Hannah Randall in 1773. Revolutionary soldier from Nottingham. Rem. to Newbury, Vt.
JOHN b. 9 March 1730; m. 16 Jan. 1755, Abigail Huckins, dau. of Robert. Rem. to Springfield, Vt. and thence to Spencer Hollow. He lived to be over 100 years old. Had a son James born in Durham abt. 1756. SAMUEL, settled perhaps in Groton, Vt.
FOURTH GENERATION
5. Miles Randall (Nathaniel3, Richard2, Richard1) born about 1721, married Abigail, daughter of Job and Hannah (Huckins) Runnels. She died about 1784, aged 67. He lived in the garri- son house in Lee and died in 1791. His will names wife, Deborah. Children, besides Elizabeth, Miles, and Susanna, who all died young, were:
ABIGAIL m. Joseph Thompson, 17 Nov. 1763.
DEBORAH b. 24 Aug. 1747; m. Benjamin Chesley.
ISRAEL b. April 1751; m. Sarah Chesley; d. 22 March 1829 in North Danville, Vt., where he lived. 9 ch.
ANNA b. abt. 1753; m. Robert Morrison; d. 11 Nov. 1823 in Northwood.
LOUISA b. abt. 1756; m. Simon Huckins of Lee; d. in Free- dom.
SUSANNA bapt. in Durham 18 July 1757.
THOMAS b. 1758; m. 1777, Mary dau. of Lieut. Thomas Huckins of Lee; went to Canada. Had a son, Thomas, b. 18 June 1778, for whom see History of Parsonfield, Me., p. 399. Had also 8 other ch.
8. JOB b. 7 June 1761 ; m. Sarah Langley.
6. Nathaniel Randall (Nathaniel3, Richard2, Richard1), born 5 March 1723, married Mary Runnels, sister to his brother's wife, and lived in Lee. He died about 1814. She died at age of 90. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War and also in the Revolution. Signed the Association Test.
HEZEKIAH b. 28 March 1745; m. 10 April 1768, Elizabeth Chesley; s. in Conway.
MOSES b. 20 June 1747; m. (1) Agnes Forest, (2) Mrs. Lydia Ames; 1. in Sanborton and North Conway, where he d. April 1809. Revolutionary soldier. A son, William, m. ยท Betsey Lovejoy, Dec. 1800.
DANIEL b. abt. 1750; m. Betsey (Forest), widow of Joseph Ellison; 1. in Canterbury.
MARY b. 19 Aug. 1753; m. 17 Oct. 1769, Wm. Laskey.
JONATHAN b. 1755; m. French, 1. in Piermont.
hart of Storing med
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GIDEON b. 1758; m. Mary Thompson; 1. in Nottingham and North Conway.
NATHANIEL bapt. 6 Feb. 1749/50; prob. d. young.
7. Simon Randall (Nathaniel3, Richard2, Richard1), born 1725, married, 2 Nov. 1749, Sarah Jenkins, born about 1731, daughter of John and Hannah. He died in Lec, 23 April 1790 aged 65. She died 25 May 1813, aged 82. Ten children, most of whom died young:
9. SIMON b. abt. 1756; m. Lydia Caldwell.
IO. JOSEPH b. abt. 1760; m. Anna Langley, (2) Lydia Avery. DEBORAH b. 9 Aug. 1765, m. June 1790, Thomas Langley ; d. 14 Aug. 1806. Ch., Nancy, Betsey, John, Mary, Job Randall and Jonathan.
FIFTH GENERATION
8. Job Randall (Miles4, Nathaniel3, Richard2, Richard1), born 7 June 1761, married, 19 Dec. 1783, Sarah Langley, who was born I April 1761, (2) 17 Sept. 1824, Mary Langley (?).
ABIGAIL b. 10 Dec. 1786; m. 1806, Henry Stilson.
SARAH b. 3 Aug. 1789; m. 12 April 1813, Paul Giles.
MILES b. 18 Jan. 1791; m. 14 July 1814, Abigail Jenkins; s. in New Durham.
HANNAH b. 29 June 1794; m. 6 March 1814, James S. Hill of Newmarket.
JOB b. 7 July 1798; d. young.
THOMAS b. 14 Aug. 1800; d. young.
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